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.

Soudley

Early-attested site in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • Suleie 1221 Ass
  • Sulley 1327 SR
  • Suth(e)leg(e) 1258 Ch c.1275 For
  • Sud(e)le(ye) 1270 For 1287 Ass
  • Sowdeley 1616,1617 Comm 1635 For
  • Soudley 1758 Comm

Etymology

'The south forest-clearing', v. sūð , lēah ; Soudley lies in the southern part of the parish.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement