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.

Severn End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hanley Castle

Etymology

Persons named de Sabrina and de Seuarne are mentioned in 1275 and 1327 (SR) and clearly lived at this end of the parish, which is by the Severn.