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.

Sewer

Early-attested site in the Parish of Malborough

Historical Forms

  • Sura 1086 DB
  • Sure 1242 Fees777 1285 FA
  • Shoure 1243 FF
  • Soure 1275 RH 1499 BM

Etymology

This may be the OE plant-name sūre , 'sorrel.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement