Sapperton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sapperton
Historical Forms
- Sapertun(e) c.1075 Monast 1367
- Saperton' 1211–13 Fees 1216 ClR 1221 Ass 1236 Fees 1602 FF
- Sapletorne 1086 DB
- Cappartona 1220 Fees
- Saberton 1248 Ass 1305 FF
- Seperton 1285 FA 1546 FF
- Sapurton 1378 Works 1389 Ipm 1399 Pat 1466 ADii
- Cold Sapperton 1728 PR
Etymology
'Soap-maker's farmstead', v. sāpere , tūn . Cf. also Saberton (ii, 43infra ).