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.

Cants Villa

Other OS name in the Parish of Keymer

Historical Forms

  • Cants 1578 Rowe
  • Frackebarrow al. lez Cantes 1615 SRS19,251

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) must be the place called Cants in 1578 (Rowe),Frackebarrow al. lez Cantes in 1615 (SRS 19, 251) , v. FragBarrow infra 301 . Cantes may be the plural of cant , ' edge,border, brink, triangular piece , ' v. NED s. v .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement