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Survey of English Place-Names

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Summerstown

Other OS name in the Parish of Wandsworth

Historical Forms

  • Summers Town 1823 Br
  • Sumner 1632,1634 ParReg
  • Summers 1758 ib

Etymology

is Summers Town 1823 Br,and is perhaps to be associated with the family of Sumner (1632,1634 ParReg), Summers (1758 ib.) . For other names of this type cf. CamdenTown and Cubitt Town (PN Mx 12, 21) and Canning Town (Ess) .

Places in the same Parish