Southover
Major Settlement in the Parish of Southover
Historical Forms
- Suthoure, Suthovere 1121 AC t.Hy3 ADiii
- Suthenore 1248 Ass
- Suthenouere 1255 FF 1279 Ass 1282 ADv 1415 AD
- Sothenovere 1315 ADiii 1327 SR
- Southenover juxta Lewes 1342 BM
- Southnore 1380 ADiii
Etymology
'The south bank,' or 'south of the bank,' v. ofer . The place was so named because it lay to the south of the Winterbourne stream supra 321. There seems to have been an alternative form compounded with suðan , instead of the more usual suð .Cf. Bestnover infra 444. v. Addenda supra v.