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.

Snapper

Early-attested site in the Parish of Goodleigh

Historical Forms

  • La Snappe 1256 FF
  • Snape 1621 FF

Etymology

This must be the word snap , 'boggy land,' discussed under Snaplands (PN Sx 28). Cf. further Snap (W), Snappe in 1332 (SR ). For the final er , v. Introd. xxxvi.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement