Harpingden
Early-attested site in the Parish of Piddinghoe
Historical Forms
- Herbertinges 1086 DB
- Herebertingas 1121 AC
- Herbetinges 1230 FF 1258,1280 FF
- Harpedynges 1280 FF
- Harpetynge 1345 FF
- Herpetinges 1398 Lewes
- Harpings al. Harpetinges 1631 Rowe
- Harping Hill 1801 SAC64
Etymology
'The people of Herebeorht ,' v. ing . This name like Woolbeding supra 31 is one of the rare ing -formations from a compound pers. name. For the history of the manor v. Anscombe in SxNQ 1, 203–5. According to VCH (i. 437 n.) the place was called Harpetinge al. Harpingdene in Pedinghoo in the 16th cent. Part of the manor was in the Rape of Pevensey and survives as Harebeating infra 436.