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.

Amblehurst

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wisborough Green

Historical Forms

  • Hamel(e)hurst 1195 France 1288 Ass
  • Aumelherst 1261 Ass
  • Amel(e)hurst 1279 Ass 1340 NI
  • Amel(e)hirst 1279 Ass 1289 FF
  • Emelehurst c.1300 LibB
  • Amynhurste 1509 LP

Etymology

'Æmela 's hyrst,' a weak form of the p.n. Æmele found in Sussex in 772 (BCS 208).