English Explanatory Dictionary

Horsted Keynes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/hɔːstɛd.keɪnz/

Word forms

Horsted Keynes

Etymology

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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