Horsted Keynes

/hɔːstɛd.keɪnz/

proper noun

A village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3828).

OriginOld English hors + stede →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3828).

Origin

  1. Old Englishhors + stede“place of horses”
  2. EnglishHorsted 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.

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