English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Satterleigh

Major Settlement in the Parish of Satterleigh and Warkleigh

Historical Forms

  • Saterleia 1086 DB
  • Saterleye 1277 FF 1370 Exon
  • Saterlegh(e) 1291 Tax 1334 SR 1339 Exon
  • West Saterlegh 1319 Ass
  • Estsaterlegh 1372 Ass
  • Satirleghe 1339 Exon
  • Saturlegh 1421 IpmR

Etymology

This is possibly OE  sǣtera lēage , 'wood' or 'clearing of the robbers,' as suggested by Blomé (75), who notes also the numerous OE  compounds with loddere , 'beggar,' v. leah .