Spreyton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Spreyton
Historical Forms
- Espreitona 1086 DB(Exon)
- Spreitone
- Spreyton(e) 1234 Fees399 1269 Exon 1286 Ass 1291 Tax
- Spreiton 1238 Ass 1242 Fees785
- Espreto' 1169 P
- Spreton(e) 1216 ClR 1238 Ass 1316 Ipm
- Sprayton 1346 FA 1355 Pat 1377 SR 1420 Ass
Etymology
'Farm in the brushwood land,' v. tun , cf. Sprytown supra 208.