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.

Southwick

Major Settlement in the Parish of Southwick

Historical Forms

  • Sudwich' 1196 Cur 1198 Abbr
  • Suwich' 1204 Cur
  • Suthwik 1249 Ass
  • Suthewyk c.1250 Edington
  • Suthewike 1275 RH
  • Sutwyk 1302 Sarum
  • Sothewyke 1322 Ch
  • Southewyk 1341 Rental
  • Sowthick 1539 Phillipps
  • Southicke 1637 ib
  • Southweeke t.Eliz WMxxi 1683 FF

Etymology

'South wic or dairy farm,' probably so named because south of Trowbridge.