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Sussex F-P

Fairlight (near East Grinstead)
Ferlega: Count of Mortain.
Fairlight Farm.
Falmer
Falemere: St. Pancras from William de Warenne. Church.
Victorian church.
Felpham
Falcheham: St. Edward's Abbey, Shaftesbury, before and after 1066. Church, fishery.
Cottage, home of the poet and painter William Blake for 3 years from 1800.
Ferring
Feringes: Bishop of Chichester and Ansfrid from him.
Swallowed up by seaside housing.
Filsham
Pilesham / Wilesham: Count of Eu and Abbot of Battle, Geoffrey, Robert, William, Hugh, Bowman, Ingelrann, Robert Cook, Walter, Sasward, Venning the priest, Osward and Roger Daniel from him, with Wulfward the priest holding the church.
Filsham Farm.
Findon
Findune / Fintune: William from William de Braose. Church.
Surrounded by new housing. The Iron Age hill-fort at Cissbury was refortified by the Romans.
Fishbourne
Fiseborne: St. Martin's Church, Sees, from Earl Roger. 2 mills.
Expanding; Roman Villa site.
Fletching
Flescinge(e): Ansfrid, Morin and Hugh from Count of Mortain.
Burial place of the historian Edward Gibbon (1737-94).
Folkington
Fochintone: William from Count of Mortain.
Secluded; early Victorian Manor House.
Footland
Fodilant: Ansketel from Count of Eu.
Footland Wood; Footland Farm.
Frankwell
Francwelle:
Lost.
Frog Firle
Ferle(s): Abbot of Grestain and Alan from Count of Mortain.
Cluster of houses.
Fulking
Fochinges: Tesselin from William de Warenne.
Downland; motte and bailey castle on Edburton Hill.

Glatting
Clotinga: Robert from Earl Roger.
Glatting Farm; isolated.
Glossams
Glesham: 3 men, the pre-Conquest holders, from Count of Eu.
Glass Eye Farm.
Goring
Garinges: Robert from Earl Roger.
Absorbed by seaside housing.
Graffham
Grafham: 4 Frenchmen, Robert, Roland and Arnold from Earl Roger. Church.
Pretty; Norman church rebuilt by George Street in the 19th century; Bronze Age barrows on Graffham Down.
Greatham
Gretham: Ernucion from Earl Roger. 4 fisheries.
Tiny. On the Arun; mainly Jacobean manor house.
Grittenham
Greteham: Robert from Earl Roger. Mill, quarry.
Grittenham Farm.
Guestling
Gestelinges: Geoffrey de Flocques from Count of Eu.
A 'Guestling' was a Parliament that represented the interests of the Cinque Ports.

Hailsham
Hamelesham: William from Count of Mortain. 2 salthouses.
Town.
Halnaker
Helnache / neche: William from Earl Roger.
On Roman Stane Street; ruins of Halnaker House, 14th century.
Hamsey
Hame: Ralph from William de Warenne. Church.
Scattered; church on a hill above the Ouse.
Hangleton
Hangetone: William de Watteville from William de Warenne.
Modern housing; Church with Saxon walling.
Hankham
Henecham: Count of Mortain and Ansgot and William from him.
Large, sprawling.
Hardham
Heriedeham: Robert from Earl Roger. 3 fisheries.
Church with 12th century wall paintings. The rivers Arun and Rother meet near here.
Harpingden
Herbertinges:
Lost.
Hartfield
Hertevel: Walter from Count of Mortain. Mill (350 eels).
Pleasant.
Harting
Hertiges: Earl Roger and clergy of St. Nicholas, Arundel, from him. 9 mills.
Now 3 adjoining villages, East and West Harting, and South Harting with a possibly pre-Conquest church.
Hastings
Hastinges: Count of Eu and Robert from him. Castle, church.
Town with the ruins of a castle and church (one of whose Deans was Thomas à Becket) built by the Count of Eu.
Hawkridge
Haingurge: Count of Mortain.
Westenden Wood; Sandbrook.
Hazelden
Halseeldene: Ansfrid from Count of Mortain.
Hazelden Farm.
Hazelhurst
Haslesse: Walter FitzLambert from Count of Eu. Church.

Heene
Hene: Ralph from William de Braose.
Engulfed by Worthing.
Henfield
Hamfelde: Bishop of Chichester and William, a man-at-arms from him. Church.
Small town with a mainly Perpendicular and Victorian church.
Herstmonceux
Herste: Wibert from Count of Eu. Church.
Castle built by Roger Fiennes, c.1440; Norman church.
Higham
Hiham: Count of Eu.
Absorbed in Northiam village; Higham Farm.
Hoe
How: William FitzBonnard from William de Braose.
Hoe Court Farm; Anglo-Saxon burial ground nearby.
Hollington
Holintun / Horintone: Count of Eu and Abbot of Battle, Reinbert, William, Hugh and Wulfward from him.
Residential suburb of Hastings.
Hooe
Hou: Count of Eu and Abbot of Battle from him. Small church, mill, 30 salthouses.
Scattered; church raised above salt marshes.
Hooe Level
Hou: Count of Mortain.
Hooe Level Nature Reserve.
Horns
Orne: Ansfrid and Ranulf from Count of Mortain.

Horsey
Horselie: Roger from St. Michael's, Eastbourne, in alms.
Suburb of Eastbourne.
Horsted Keynes
Horstede: William from Count of Mortain. Mill.
Large.
Hunston
Hunestan: William from Earl Roger. Mill. 2 salthouses.
Manor house.
Hurst
Herste: Ednoth from Count of Eu.
Hurst House; Hurst Wood.
Hurstpierpoint
Herst: Robert from William de Warenne. Church, 3 mills.
Large; church; some Georgian houses.

Iden
Idene: Geoffrey and Leofwin from Count of Eu.
On the Kent border.
Ifield
Ifelt: Willia FitzRanulf from William de Braose.
Part of Crawley New Town; moats at Ifield Court.
Iford
Niworde: William de Warenne and monks of St. Pancras, Lewes, Hugh and Tosard from him. Church, 2 mills.
Norman church.
Iping
Epinges: Aldred. Mill, quarry.
Tiny; mill.
Itchenor
Icenore: Warin from Earl Roger.
Fishing; sometimes called West Itchenor.
Itford
Litelforde: William from Count of Mortain.
Itford Hill; Itford Farm.

Jevington
Lov(r)ingetone: Hugh from Count of Eu, Ralph and Count of Mortain. Mill.
Neolithic causeway camp on Combe Hill; Bronze Age barrow nearby; church with a Saxon tower.

Keymer
Chemere: William de Watteville from William de Warenne. Church, 2 mills.
Parts of modern Hassocks; church rebuilt in 1866.
Kingston-by-Sea (Kingston Buci)
Chingestone / tune: Ralph and William FitzRanulf from William de Braose. Church, 9 salthouses (10 ambers of salt).
Swamped by seaside housing; church with a Saxon nave.
Kitchenham
Checeham: Rainer from Count of Eu.
Isolated farmhouse on the Kent border.

Lancing
Lancinges: Robert and Ralph from William de Braose. Mill, 23 salthouses.
Overwhelmed by new suburban housing; Old Salts and New Salts Farms on the Adur marshes.
Langney
Langelie: Ranulf and William from Count of Mortain.
Outer suburb of Eastbourne.
Laughton
Lestone / tun: Count of Eu and Osbern FitzGeoffrey and Wibert from him; Count of Mortain. 16 salthouses.
The Pelham family, lords of the manor from the mid-14th century until recently, carved their symbol, a buckle, on local churches and on the manor houses, now in ruins.
Lavant
Loventone / Lovintune: Archbishop Lanfranc and Ralph from him; Ivo from Earl Roger. 2 mills.
Now 2 villages, East and Mid Lavant.
Lewes
Lewes / Lau(u)es: King's land; Archbishop of Canterbury; William de Warenne. 4000 herrings.
Market and county town with a castle built by William de Warenne.
Lidham
Luet: William de Sept-Meules and William from Count of Eu.
Now 2 hamlets, Lidham Hill and Upper Lidham Hill.
Linch (near Bepton)
Lince: Robert from Earl Roger. Church.
Huddle of buildings; Linch Farm.
Littlehampton
Hantone: William from Earl Roger.
Seaside resort, originally a small fishing town.
Little Horsted
Horstede: Ranulf from Count of Mortain. Mill.
Church dating from 1080.
Lodsworth
Lodesorde: Ketel Hunter. Mill.
Large. The manor house dates from the 13th century.
Lordine
Lordistret: Wibert from Count of Eu.
Lordine Court, isolated.
Lordington
Harditone: William from Earl Roger. Mill.
Quiet; on a stream.
Lyminster
Lolinminstre: Earl Roger and Robert from him. Church, mill, 2 salthouses.
Near Arun salt marshes; church with a Saxon nave, part of a Benedictine nunnery established after the Conquest.

Marden
Meredone: Robert, Engelhere, Azor and Alwin from Earl Roger.
Now 2 villages, East and West Marden, and North Marden, a hamlet. Magnificent settings.
Mayfield
Mesewelle: Count of Mortain and William de Warenne from him; mill.
Swept by fire in 1389. The palace, built for the Archbishops of Canterbury and now a school, was saved.
Merston
Mersitone: Osmelin from Earl Roger. 3 mills.
By a stream.
Middleton-on-Sea
Middeltone: William from Earl Roger. Church.
Seaside housing. The medieval church was swept out to sea as a result of erosion and replaced in 1849.
Morley
Morleia: William FitzRanulf from William de Braose.
Morley Farm.
Moulstone
Moulstan: Jocelyn from William de Warenne.
Absorbed in Sussex University.
Mountfield
Montifelle: Reinbert from Count of Eu.
Woodland.
Mundham
Mundreham: Alchere from Earl Roger. Church, 1½ mills.
Now 2 villages, North and South Mundham.
Muntham
Moham: Morin from William de Braose.
Muntham Farm.

Netherfield
Nedrefelle / Nirefeld: Abbot of Battle and Herewulf from Count of Eu. 8 salthouses.
Straggling.
Newtimber
Niuembre: Ralph from William de Warenne. Mill.
Moated Newtimber Place, 16th century seat of the Buxton family.
Ninfield
Nerewelle: Count of Eu and Robert Cook from him. Church.
Large; Norman church. William the Conqueror was erroneously thought to have planted his flag here on Standard Hill.
North Stoke
Stoches: Reginald from Earl Roger. Church, 2 fisheries.
Riverside; Norman church; manor farm.
Nutbourne
Nordborne: Robert from Earl Roger. 2 mills.
By a stream; Heath Mill.
Nyetimber
Nitinbreham: Roger from Earl Roger.
Nyetimber Farm.

Offham
Offham: Azor from Earl Roger. 2 mills, fishery.
On the River Arun; close to marshland.
Offington
Offintune: William FitzNorman from William de Braose.
Absorbed in Worthing; name survives in Offington Avenue, Drive and Lane.
Ovingdean
Hoingesdene / Hovingedene: Godfrey from William de Warenne. Small church.
New estates; Norman church's 13th century aisle was destroyed by pirates in 1377.

Pagham
Pageham: Archbishop of Canterbury and Osmelin from him. Mill, church.
Holiday resort; dried-up harbour; Norman church.
Pangdean
Pinhedene / Pinwedene: William FitzReginald from William de Warenne.
Pangdean Farm.
Parham
Perham: Abbot of Westminster before and after 1066; Robert from Earl Roger. Mill.
Tudor Parham House.
Parrock
Apedroc: Count of Mortain, formerly Earl Harold. Hall.
Now Little Parrock.
Patcham
Piceham: William de Warenne and Richard from him. Church.
On the edge of Brighton; 12th century church; Court Farm, formerly the manor house.
Patching
Petchinges: Archbishop of Canterbury. Church.
Neolithic flint mines nearby.
Pawthorne
Paveorne:
Lost.
Peelings
Palinges / Pellinges: Godfrey the cleric, Godfrey, Alan, Ansfrid and Roger from Count of Mortain.
Peelings farmhouse.
Penhurst
Penehest: Abbot of Battle from Osbern.
17th century manor house.
Perching
Berchinges / Percinges: Osward the pre-Conquest holder, Tesselin and William de Watteville from William de Warenne. Mill, hall.
Georgian Perching Manor Farm, beneath Perching Hill, now in Fulking village.
Petworth
Peteorde: Robert from Earl Roger. Church, mill (189 eels).
Town with a 17th century mansion, originally a manor house converted into a castle by the Percy family, c.1309.
Pevensey
Pevenesel: Count of Mortain. Mint, mill.
Former Saxon borough with the remains of a moated castle, built by the count within the walls of the Roman Anderida.
Playden
Pleidena: Count of Eu and Ednoth, Walter, Remir, Geoffrey, Theobald the priest from him. Church.
Church, c.1190.
Plumpton
Pluntune: Hugh FitzRanulf from William de Warenne. Church, 2 mills.
Norman church; Plumpton Place, c.1568.
Portslade
Porteslage / lamhe: Osward, the pre-Conquest holder, and Albert from William de Warenne.
On the medieval pilgrim's route to Canterbury.
Poynings
Poninges: William FitzReginald from William de Warenne. Church, 2 mills.
14th century church.
Preston (in Beddingham)
Prestetone: Osbern from Count of Eu; Ralph from Count of Mortain.
Preston Court; Preston House.
Preston (in Binderton)
Presteton: Durand from Bishop Osbern of Exeter.
Preston Farm.
Preston (in Brighton)
Prestetone: Bishop of Chichester and Lovell from him. Church, mill.
Now Preston Park, a Brighton suburb; 13th century church; 14th century manor house.
Pulborough
Poleberge: Robert from Earl Roger. 2 mills, 2 fisheries, 2 churches.
Small town on the River Arun with a 13th century church.