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.

Barehurst

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ticehurst

Historical Forms

  • Bereherst 12th Battle
  • Berehurst 1288 Abbr
  • Berhurst 1291 Tax
  • Berherst 13th Pat 1432

Etymology

Barehurst is Bereherst 12th Battle 43, Berehurst 1288 Abbr, Berhurst 1291 Tax, Berherst 13th (1432) Pat. Perhaps a compound of bære and hyrst , denoting a wooded hill which afforded swine-pasture.