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.

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 ).