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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sowberry Ct

Early-attested site in the Parish of Moulsford

Historical Forms

  • Sowberry Close, Sowberry Mead and Sowberry Piece 1840 TA

Etymology

Sowberry Ct, Sowberry Close , Sowberry Mead and Sowberry Piece 1840TA . Nicholaus de la Suthbir ' appears 1242–3 Fees in possession of a hide of land in Moulsford. 'South manor' (i.e. S. of Moulsford), v. sūð , byrig .For the earlier and later history of the holding v. VCH iii, 507.