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.

Old House

Other OS name in the Parish of Netteswell

Historical Forms

  • Mangers 1592 ib
  • Manger 1777 C

Etymology

was Mangers in 1592 (ib.),Manger 1777 C , from the family of William and John Mongher , Mangre , Manger ( 1401 , 1415 , 1464 ) , and Oldhouse in 1840 . Still often called Snow 's Fm , from a tenant of about a century ago . v. ER xxxv .