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.

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.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name