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.

Netherton

Other OS name in the Parish of Sherford

Historical Forms

  • Nitherton 1387 Cl
  • Nitherton juxta Kyngesbrugge 1416 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Nitherton 1387 Cl,Nitherton juxta Kyngesbrugge 1416FF . ' Lower farm . '

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement