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.

Southorpe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Southorpe

Historical Forms

  • Sudtorp 1086 DB 1198 Cur 1199 Abbr 1200 Cur
  • Sudtrop' 1201 Cur
  • Sudthorp 1227 Ch 1241 P
  • Sutthorp 1189 Ch 1332
  • Suthorp(e) 1227 Ch 1346 FA
  • Sutrop 1202 Cur
  • Suthtrop 1236 WellsR
  • Suthtorp 1275 Cl
  • Suththorp 1306 Cl
  • Southorp 1340 Cl 1353 Ipm
  • Sowthorpe 1541 LP

Etymology

'South village,' v. þorp . Probably so called because south of Barnack.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site