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.

Lower Sapey

Major Settlement in the Parish of Lower Sapey

Historical Forms

  • æt Sapian 781 BCS240 11th
  • Sapie 1086 DB 1221 FineR
  • Sapy 1212,1235 Fees140,527
  • Sapi Pichard 1242 Fees959
  • Nethersapi 1275 Ass
  • Parva 1362 IpmR

Etymology

vulgo Pritchard. No suggestion can be made as to the etymology of this name.In 1212 (RBE) Miles Pichard held a knight's fee in Sapey.

Places in the same Parish