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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Ewhurst Manor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shermanbury

Historical Forms

  • Luvehest 1073 France
  • Iwherst 1203 FF 1248 Ass
  • Iwhurst 1327 SR
  • Iwhurst by Hanefeld 1375 Cl
  • Jewhurst al. Ewhurst 1599 BM

Etymology

'Yew hyrst,' cf. Ewhurst infra 518. For the l in the 1073 form, cf. the superfluous l in DBLimeurde for Imber (Hopwood, PN Sr 16). It is near Henfield.

Places in the same Parish