Hassocks
Early-attested site in the Parish of Keymer
Etymology
Hassocks. This is a modern settlement which has grown up since the opening of the Brighton railway in 1846. It takes its name from a field which was called Hassocks (v. hassuc ) from its rough tussocks of grass (ex inf. the late rector of Clayton).Cf. Hassocks as a field-name in a Lewes Deed of 1687 relating to Ashburnham and Hassoksland in Bexhill (c. 1370 SRS 31).