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.

Southay

Other OS name in the Parish of Tetbury

Historical Forms

  • Suthehey(e), Suthehay 1248 FF 1296 Inq 14 HMCv,337
  • Southheyes als. Suddyheyes 1629 FF

Etymology

( lost ) , Suthehey (e ), Suthehay 1248FF , 1296 Inq, 14 HMC v, 337, Southheyes als. Suddyheyes 1629FF , ' south enclosure ' , cf. Northay ( prec . ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement