Pen Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Lancing
Historical Forms
- Pende c.1250 Sele 1324 FF 1371 Pat 16th CtRequests
- Ponde by Shoreham 1377 Pat
- Peende 1416 Pat
- Westpende t.Hy3 ADiii
Etymology
Pen Hill (6″) is so named from the old port of Pende (c. 1250 Sele 13, 1324 FF, 1371 Pat, 16thCtRequests ), Ponde by Shoreham 1377 Pat, Peende 1416 Pat. This is from OE pynd , only recorded in frodeshammespend , flothamespynd (BCS 335, 336) in Kent, used doubtless with the same sense as OE pund, viz. 'enclosure,' and applied here apparently to a harbour. Cf. also Pinland supra 187, la Pende in Lewes (1312AD ), Pin Hill (Herts), 1296SR la Pende (p), Pendell (Sr), 1332SR atte Pende , t. Eliz ChancPPendhill , Piend (D) in Jacobstow and in Stockleigh English respectively, La Pynd 1303 FA, and atte Pynde 1330SR (p), and ate Pende in Folkestone (K) (1327SR ). The mill-pond of the West Mill in Southover is called Westpende (t. Hy 3 AD iii), so that here also we seem to have pynd used of an enclosed piece of water.