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.

Battenhurst Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ticehurst

Historical Forms

  • Beteners(h)e 1200–5 Pens 1296 SR
  • Betenercht 1332 SR
  • Bethenerse 14th Pens

Etymology

Battenhurst Fm is Beteners (h )e 1200–5 Penset freq to 1296 SR (p), Betenercht 1332 SR (p), Bethenerse 14th Pens. 'Beta's ersc.'The pers. name Bēta is recorded once. The vowel change in the modern form is unexplained.