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.

Jarvis Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Steyning

Historical Forms

  • Gerveys 1340 NI

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) derives from the family of Robert Gerveys (1340 NI) . In 1403 (IpmR) there is mention also of a tenement called Gervases .