Southchurch
Major Settlement in the Parish of Southchurch
Historical Forms
- Suðcyrcean 11th KCD896 c.1200
- Southchirch 1350 Cl
- Southchyrch 1428 FA
- Sudcercā 1086 DB
- Sudcherchia 1155–8 Delisle
- Su(e)chirche 1248 Ass
- Su(e)cherch 1275,1294 Ipm
- Swetchirche 1380 Pat
- Sycherche 1520 FF
- (South Church alias) Sea Church 1699 Morden 1746 Bowen
Etymology
v. suð , cirice . South because in the south of the hundred.