Medhone Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Petworth
Historical Forms
- Medehone 1279 1314 Ipm 1397,1423 IpmR
- Meadhone 1610 Norden
Etymology
The second element would seem to be OE hān , 'rock, stone,' but as the soil here is deep clay, if that is the word which we have here, it can only be used of a boundary-stone (cf. Marringdean infra 149). Medhone is only a quarter of a mile from the parish boundary. Possibly the whole name means 'boundary- stone in pasture land' (v. mæd ) but no certainty is possible.