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.).