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.
Survey of English place-names
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Rape of Hastings
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the Cinque Port Liberty of Hastings and the Ancient Towns of Winchelsea and Rye
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Watchbell Street
Watchbell Street
Other OS name in the Parish of Rye
Etymology
Watchbell
Street
Watchbell
Warde
1625 (SAC17, 133)
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Cadborough, Gateborough
Holmdale
Landgate
Major Settlement
Rye
