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.

Philpots

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Hoathly

Etymology

Philpots is probably to be associated with the family of John Philipot of Horsted Keynes (1327 SR) and John Philpot mentioned in the Court Rolls of South Malling (1411).