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.

Someries

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stopsley

Historical Forms

  • Somereis al. Somereys 1504 Ipm

Etymology

The last trace of the manor of Greathampstead Someries, held by the Somery family from 1309 onwards (cf. VCH ii. 364).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement