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.

Heronsdale Manor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Waldron

Historical Forms

  • Heryngawdes 1482 IpmR
  • Heringawds 1529 FM
  • Heryngawes or Heryngawaez 1489 Ipm
  • Harringale, Heringale, Herringales 1588,1652 BM
  • Haringalles al. Harringal 1590 LewesDeeds
  • Herringales al. Herringale 1755 SRS19,80
  • Herringdale 1724 BM
  • Herringsdale 1823 G

Etymology

This is a manorial name, a corruption of a name derived from the family of John Heryngaud assessed in Hoathly and Chiddingly in 1296 (SR).