English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

St Leonards

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hastings

Historical Forms

  • ecclesia Leonardi de Hastynges 1279 Ass
  • vill. de Sco. Leonardo juxta Hasting 1288 Ass
  • Seynt Leonards 1557 SRS19,198

Etymology

Self-explanatory.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement