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Martin's Gut

Other OS name in the Parish of Westham

Historical Forms

  • Martines Gutt 1649 SAC24,260

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Martines Gutt 1649 SAC 24, 260 . Gutt refers to the ditch here , one of those serving to drain the Pevensey marshes , cf. Langeney Gotte 1504 Pat, 1509 LP .