Return to Coronet Books main page

Place-Name Lewes
A Study of Its Early Spellings and Etymology

By Rune Forsberg
Oct. 1998
Almqvist & Wiksell
ISBN: 91-554-4116-5
66 p.
$33.00 Paper Original

---

Lewes is a town in Sussex which has played an important role in English history. The author discussed the etymology of this place name in a 1950 study in which he says, "It seems very difficult to uphold the derivation of Lewes from hlæw." He found that the problem required more thorough investigation, which is the subject of this title.

Language Studies
Series: Studia Celtica Upsaliensia