English Place-name Society

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.

The Nore

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sompting

Historical Forms

  • super Hore 1273 Ipm

Etymology

The Nore (6″) may be identical with the place referred to as super Hore (1273 Ipm). The h is probably inorganic and the n from atten ore , 'at the bank.' The Nore is on the slope of an isolated hill, v. æt , ora .

Places in the same Parish