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.

Sapperton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Church Broughton

Historical Forms

  • Sapertune, Sapirtune, Sapurtune, -tune, Saperton(a) 1086 DB late11th,c.1141,1162 Tutbury 1243 Fees Hy3 DbAiv Hy3 RadCh
  • Sapton 1553 DbAxxvii

Etymology

Sapperton, Sapertune , Sapirtune , Sapurtune , -tune , Saperton (a )1086 DB, late 11th, c. 1141, 1162Tutbury , 1243 Fees, Hy 3 DbA iv(p), Hy 3 RadCh (p)et passim , Sapton 1553 DbA xxvii. 'Farm of the soap-makers', v. sāpere , tūn .