Etymology

Horsted Keynes

Today it means: A village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3828). Full definition →

Old English hors + stede
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhors + stede“place of horses”
  2. English todayHorsted Keynes

Recorded as Horstede in 1086 (DB), from Old English hors + stede (“place of horses”). Manorial affix from possession by William de Cahainges (or Cahaignes) in 1086, recorded as Horsted Kaynes in 1307.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.