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.

Seafields

Other OS name in the Parish of Charmouth

Etymology

( Kelly ) ( cf. Sea Side Fd 1840TA ) , Hr Sea Lane & Lr Sea Lane , Sea Mdw ( Kelly ) , Sea View , cf. Richard de la Sea m13 (15) Forde and note that the sea is where the Saxon bounds of Cearn ( æl ) ( Charmouth ) start and finish : of sæ , ut ( t ) on sæ 737 ( 12 ) ( S 254 ) , 938 ( 12 ) ( S 443 ) , v. .