Horsey

Horsey

Horsey may refer to:

* Horse, in baby-talk

Places

The name comes from Anglo-Saxon "hors-eg" and means horse-island.
* Horsey, Norfolk
** Horsey Windpump, windmill in Horsey, Norfolk
* Horsey, Somerset
* Horsey Mere, one of the Norfolk Broads in the east of England
* Horsey Island, Devon, near Barnstable and is a nature reserve
* Horsey Down, near Lechlade
* Horsey Island, near Walton on the Naze
* Horsea Islands, two islands in Portsmouth harbour. The islands were used for testing torpedoes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They are now joined to the mainland.
* Horse Eye, on the Pevensey Levels near Eastbourne

People

* Edward Horsey (c. 1525 – 1583), conspirator against Queen Mary

Music

* Horsey (album), album by Current 93


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