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.

Hollesley

Other OS name in the Parish of Burstow

Historical Forms

  • Horsley Heath 1704 LBl

Etymology

is Horsley Heath 1704 LBl . The modern form is corrupt , cf. Horsley supra 141 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement