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.

Setterah Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Askham

Historical Forms

  • Satrowe park(e) 1420 CWxxi,180 1425 NB
  • Seterocke parke 1437 Lowth
  • (parke of) Setterhaw 1459 Lowth
  • Setteroo parke 1564 CWxxi,207
  • Sattrepark 1488 Lowth
  • Sattero parke 1574 CWxxi,209
  • Satteraye Parke 1607 Kendi,193
  • Magna Saturrey 1630 FF
  • Sat(te)ra park 1680,1686 PR

Etymology

'Hill with a shieling', v. sǽtr , haugr ; on the form Setter -, etc. cf. Ekwall, La 16–17, EPN ii, 95. v. also park .