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.

Southwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of East and West Dawlish

Historical Forms

(æt) suþwuda 1050–73 Earle

Southwode juxta Doulyssh 1321 Ass

Etymology

(æt ) suþwuda 1050–73 Earle, Southwode juxta Doulyssh 1321Ass .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Dawlish