Chilley
Early-attested site in the Parish of Pevensey
Historical Forms
- Chillye 1674 Lewes
- Chelie 1313 Cl
Etymology
Chilley is Chillye n.d. Lewes (p)et passim to 1674CplM with variant spellings Chyllye , Chilley (e ), Chilleg (h ), Chillie , Chelie 1313 Cl (p).'Cilia's island,' v. eg . This and other places with the same element in Pevensey and Westham were probably once true islands surrounded by marshy land overflowed at every high tide.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Down Level
- Bill Gut
- Church Acre
- Horse Eye Level
- Kentland Flat
- Manxey Level
- Mark Dyke
- Pevensey Bay
- Pevensey Levels
- Railland Ditch