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.

Cousleywood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wadhurst

Historical Forms

  • Coreslie 1296 SR
  • Coresle 1307 Ass
  • Corslewode 1437 Ct
  • Corsley, Coursly, Cowsly 1547 Ct
  • Cousley wood 1627 SRS14,78
  • Courseley 1823 G

Etymology

Cousleywood is Coreslie 1296 SR (p), Coresle 1307Ass , Corslewode 1437Ct , Corsley , Coursly , Cowsly 1547Ct , Cousley wood 1627 SRS 14, 78, Courseley 1823 G. v. Corsley supra 371.