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.

Howlers Hill & Howlers Slade

Other OS name in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • Owleyslad 1655 Comm

Etymology

, 1830 M , Owleyslad 1655Comm , possibly hol 1 ' hollow ' , lēah , slæd ' valley ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement