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.

Netherton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Haccombe with Coombe

Historical Forms

  • Nithereton 1242 Fees792
  • Nythereton 1269 FF

Etymology

'Lower farm,' v. neoðera , tun .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement