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Winchelsea

Place(s)

Camber Castle

Higham Street

Settlement selected

Citation URI

http://placenames.org.uk/id/placename/07/008387

Location

Winchelsea (Settlement) located in the Parish of Winchelsea

Winchelsea
Wencles t. Edgar Coin
Winceleseia 1130 P
Winceleseie 12th Battle
Winchenesel 1130, 1197 France , 1191 P , early Hy 3 BM
portum Vincenesium 12th Ord
Winchelese(e) 1165 P et passim to, 1342 AD vi
Old Wynchelse 1321 Ch
Winchelsey 1477 IpmR
Wincelsea 1673 MarL

"Base mapping from A Vision of Britain through Time at the University of Portsmouth"

geonames Lat 50.92376 Long 0.7081

Geo-Ref.

geonameslat = 50.92376, long = 0.7081
unlocklat = 50.924907073, long = 0.71094572679
kepnlat = 50.9255, long = 0.709282

Bibliography

A. Mawer, F. M. Stenton, and J. E. B. Gover, The Place-Names of Sussex, Part 2 (EPNS 7), Cambridge 1930.