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.

Southwater

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lurgashall

Historical Forms

  • Southwaters 1616 SRS14,142
  • a Suthewatere 1296 SR

Etymology

Southwater (6″) is Southwaters in 1616 (SRS 14, 142) and may have given name to Gosse a Suthewatere (1296 SR). The farm lies just south of a stream.