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.

Southenhed

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Budworth

Historical Forms

  • Southdeneheued, Southdeneheved 1328 LRODx
  • Sowda(n)he(ve)d, Souda(n)he(ve)d 1349 ArlB 1352 Eyre
  • Soudenhe(ve)d 1350 Chamb 1354 Eyre 1362 LRODx
  • Soudenhull 1357 Eyre
  • Southenhe(ue)d 1383,1402,1433 ChRR

Etymology

'(The head of) the south valley', v. sūð , denu , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site