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Survey of English Place-Names

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Setrah Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sunderland

Historical Forms

  • Setteray-beck 1718 Brayton
  • Settera Beck 1796 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is connected with Setteray-beck 1718Brayton ,Settera Beck 1796 ib . Cf. Satterah , a field - name in Mardale (We) , and Setterah Park (We) , for which there are 15th - century forms Satirhow , Setterhowe and Saterow . Each of these names seems to be a compound of sætr and haugr , ' hill marked by a shieling . '

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement