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.

Somerton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Somerton

Historical Forms

Svmertone 1086 DB

Sumertona 1142–8 Eynsh 1285 Ass

Somerton 1278–9 RH

Etymology

OE sumor -tūn, 'farm or dwelling used in summer.' For other examples of the name v. DEPN.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Troy Fm