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.

Soussons

Early-attested site in the Parish of Manaton

Historical Forms

  • Soueston t.Hy6 Ct
  • North Souson 1771 Recov
  • South Stone Farm 1809 M

Etymology

The probable meaning is 'at the seven stones,' though no trace of such now remains. Cf. Zeaston supra 287. The place is to be identified with ( ) sufen stanas (BCS 1323). In that charter the next boundary mark is hyfan treow , which is undoubtedly Heatree, some three miles NNE of Soussons.