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.

Summersdale

Early-attested site in the Parish of New Fishbourne

Historical Forms

  • Sumeresdal' 1233 Cl
  • Sumerdal 1243 Ch
  • Somerdale c.1380 LibA

Etymology

This is probably the dæl or valley of one Sumor . This pers. name is not on record but has its parallel in OE  Wintra and Winter , a medicus mentioned in the letters of Alcuin (v. Redin 58 and n.).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement