sussex, essex, wessex, middlesex

[turienzo's lovechild]

what does the "SEX" bit of the name actually mean?

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Sussex was originally Suosexe or Suoseaxe, then Suoseaxnaland, meaning the land of the South Saxons

 

[John Boy]

What about Dean, as in Withdean, Westdene, Hollingdean etc

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

'dean' is AngloSaxon for valley

 

[Yorkie]

Saxon

 

[Grendel]

I believe Dean maybe valley but might be wrong and confusing it with something else

You are correct. It is from the Old English "daenu", meaning "valley".

 

[Zesh Rehman]

wessex and middlesex dont exist

 

[Tom Bombadil]

They are derived from the names of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms

Basically the East, South, West and Middle Saxons.

 

[Bob!]

They are derived from the names of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms

Basically the East, South, West and Middle Saxons.

Where was the North Saxon Kingdom?

 

[Yorkie]

Where was the North Saxon Kingdom?

The Vikings nicked it.

 

[Scotty Mac]

Where was the North Saxon Kingdom?

nessex

 

[NMH]

Reaching back through the ancestral genes, I see that 'sex' means 'separation' or 'section'. We are the South Section, or Su's 'ex'e.

I feel that the word 'echelon' is derived from a similar source.

 

[Gully]

....and how about the Rapes of Sussex then?

 

[Silent Bob]

....and how about the Rapes of Sussex then?

I don't know nuffing.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

....and how about the Rapes of Sussex then?

Arundel, Bramber, Chichester, Hastings, Lewes and Pevensey.

Battle came later.

 

[desprateseagull]

'dean' could be an evolution of 'down', as in valley..?

 

[pasty]

'dean' is AngloSaxon for valley

Valley Wilkins ? Valley Cox ? Valley Hammond ?

 

[Ccider]

Valley Wilkins ? Valley Cox ? Valley Hammond ?

Good skiing in the Three Valleys.