Tarring Neville
Major Settlement in the Parish of Tarring Neville
Historical Forms
- Toringes 1086 DB 1194 P
- Torringes 1215,1251 FF
- Torryng(g)(e), Torringe 1200 ADv 1565 MinAcct
- Torringe by Lewes 1335 Ipm
- Terring(e) 1274 RH 1291 Tax
- Teringe 1285 Ch
- Terringes 1291 Cl
- Tarringes 1291 MinAcct
- Thoryng Nevell 1339 CplM
- Tyrryng Nevyle 1559 Recov
- Tarringe Nevell 1588 Ct
Etymology
'The people of Teorra,' cf. Tarring supra 194 and Ekwall, PN in -ing 63. The names seem ultimately to be of the same origin but in spelling they were as a rule distinguished in medieval times. The family of Nevile is first mentioned in connexion with the place in 1253 (Ipm).
Places in the same Parish
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