English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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( tithing of ) Southover

Field in the Parish of Wyke Regis

Historical Forms

  • ( tithing of ) Southover 1566 Comm

Etymology

(tithing of) Southover 1566(v. sūð, ōfer1 or ofer2, cf. the f.n. Northover inWeymouth par. supra)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement