Sourton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sourton
Historical Forms
- swuran tune, of swuran tune c.970 BCS1247
- Surintona 1086 DB
- Suret(h)on' c.1200 Torre 15th Fees756,773 1242
- Surton 1249 Ass 1284 FA
- Sourton(e) 1286 Ipm 1303 FA 1331 Ipm
- Sourton(e) juxta Bridestowe 1339 Ass
- Sworton 1577 Saxton
- Sowerton 1577 SR 1701 Recov
- Soreton oth. Sourton 1782 Recov
Etymology
'Farm of or by the neck or col,' v. sweora , tun . The hill on the east side of Sourton separates two deep-cut valleys. For loss of w , cf. Sorley infra 296.