Etymology

Hailsham

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Today it means: A civil parish and town, the largest of the five towns in Wealden district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ5809). Full definition →

Old Saxon Haegels Ham
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The story

  1. Old Saxon · derived fromHaegels Ham“settlement of Haegel/Hella”
  2. English todayHailsham

From Old Saxon Haegels Ham (“settlement of Haegel/Hella”).

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