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.

Souldern

Major Settlement in the Parish of Souldern

Historical Forms

  • Suleþorne 1152–73,1189–91,1193–1200 Eynsh
  • Suleþorhna 1155–61 Eynsh
  • Suleþorn 1161,1179–82 Eynsh
  • Sullethorne 1239 Eynsh
  • Sulthorna 1152–73 Eynsh 1576 Bodl
  • Solthorne 1197–8,1197–1200,1254,c.1270 Eynsh 1295 Ipm
  • Solthorn 1284–5 FA
  • Solethorn 1203–6 Eynsh
  • Suthorn' 1216 Cl 1254–5 RH
  • Suthorn 1246–7 Ass
  • Suththoren (bis), Sutherne (bis) 1285 Ass
  • Shulthorne 1236 FF
  • Sulsorne 1278–9 RH
  • Soulthorn 1285 FF
  • Soultherne 1316 FA
  • Silthone 1285 Ass
  • Southorn 1325,41 Cl
  • Sowthorne 1514 Blo
  • Southorn alias Souldorne 1589 Bodl
  • Saldern 1389 Ch
  • Suldurne 1414–31 Eynsh
  • Suldren 1505 Blo
  • Sulderne 1562 Blo 1581 FF
  • Showldren 1539 Eynsh
  • Souldrone 1526 LS
  • Souldren 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

'Thorn-bush in a gully,' OE  sulh -þorn. Cf. PN Nth 36 and PN Sr xliv.

Places in the same Parish