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.

Somersal Heath

Other OS name in the Parish of Doveridge

Historical Forms

  • Somershall Heath 1836 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Somershall Heath 1836 ib , cf. Brueria 13thTutbury , from OFr  bruiere ' heath ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement