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.

Southwick

Major Settlement in the Parish of Southwick

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Suthwycan c.980 BCS1130 c.1200
  • Sudwic 1131 P 1147 BM
  • Sudwich' 1206 Cur
  • Sothewyk 12th Survey 1275 Ch 1307 Ipm
  • Suwic' 1204 Cur 1209 Seld13
  • Suthwyk 1235 Fees 1316 FA
  • Suthewik 1273 Cl
  • Southwyk 1298 Ipm
  • Sowick 1657 NRSi

Etymology

'South dairy farm(s),' v. wic , possibly in relation to Apethorpe. The first form seems to be dat. pl. in form.