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 Kidderminster

Historical Forms

  • de la, atte Netherton 1275,1327 SR

Etymology

'Lower farm,' v. neoðera , tun . 'Nether' in relation to Wribbenhall. It is half a mile lower down the Severn.