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.

Mays

Other OS name in the Parish of Selmeston

Historical Forms

  • the Mase 1532 ECP6,213
  • May 1340 NI

Etymology

is the Mase in 1532 ECP 6, 213,perhaps deriving from the family of John May (1340 NI) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement