Excerpt from The Place-Names of Sussex

The following work was originally written as a dissertation for the degree of B. A. with Honours in English Language and Philology in the University of Liverpool. It has since been completely revised and brought up to date. The scope of the book is purely linguistic, no attempt has been made to describe geographical or topographical features, although these have naturally been taken into account in determining etymologies.

My source for the modern forms of the names has been Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey and Sussex, amplified by reference to Bartholomew's Survey Gazetteer of the British Isles and to the Times Atlas. Besides the Introduction, the work falls into two parts. Part I contains in alphabetical order all Sussex names for which early forms have been found, with a discussion concerning their meaning and history, Part II presents classified lists of the elements occurring in Sussex names. Many names which through lack of early spellings do not appear in Part I will thus be found in Part II under their separate elements.

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