English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Coneyhurst Common

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Chiltington

Historical Forms

  • communem voc. Coneyhurst 1574 Ct

Etymology

Coneyhurst Common is communem voc. Coneyhurst in 1574 (Ct ) and may have been the home of William de Conyngherst or Conyhurst of Sullington (1327, 1332 SR). It means 'rabbit wood,' cf. Coneyhurst (Sr).

Places in the same Parish