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.

Horsehaven

Other OS name in the Parish of Creacombe

Historical Forms

  • Southhorsaven 1609 FF

Etymology

is Southhorsaven 1609FF . Probably ' horse marsh , ' v. fenn . For the medial syllable , v. Introd. xxxvi . Cf. also Cockhaven infra 487 .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement