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.

Netherton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dudley

Historical Forms

  • Nederton 1487 Ipm
  • Netherton 1573 Wills

Etymology

This is on relatively high ground, but it must have been given its name in contrast to a lost Ouertone (Ass 1275) which was still higher.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement