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.

Horsley

Other OS name in the Parish of Wadhurst

Historical Forms

  • Horsley 1273 Battle

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Horsley 1273 Battle 48 , v. hors , leah .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement