Upper and Nethern Court
Early-attested site in the Parish of Woldingham
Etymology
Upper and Nethern Court are the names of the two farms into which the parish was divided. Court in Surrey frequently designates the principal farmhouse of the parish. “It is like 'Place,' a name very general in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, but distinguished from it in this way, that whereas 'Place' is the principal residence, 'Court' is usually either the farm attached to the residence, and that went with the manor, or else a house in the village of secondary importance” (SAC vi).