A Dictionary Of The Sussex Dialect - online book

A Collection Of Provincialisms In Use In The County Of Sussex.

	SUSSEX SURNAMES. The following names of families, now residing in the county, are derived from or connected with Sussex words which will be found in this dictionary:— Akehurst. [Ang. Sax., dc, an oak, and hurst, a wood.] Ashburnham. [Ang. Sax., cbsc, an ash; burne, a stream, and ham, a dwelling. Ashdown. Aesc, an ash, and dun, a hill. Ashenden. AEsc, an ash, and denu, a valley. Balkham. Balca, a ridge, and ham, a dwelling. Barton. Barton, a farm-yard. [Ang. Sax., bere-tun, an enclo­sure.] Beck. Beck, a brook. [Ang. Sax., becc.] Bentley. Bent, a tuft of grass, and ley (Ang. Sax., leag), a pasture. Bickley. Beck, a brook, and ley, a pasture. Binstead. Bin and steddle, a stand. Bourne. A stream. [Ang. Sax., burne.'] Bostel. A hill path. (See Borstal.) Brackfield. Brake, a fern, and field. Broad. A common. K2