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.

Sunderleigh

Other OS name in the Parish of Bampton

Historical Forms

  • Synderdelegh 1249 FF

Etymology

is Synderdelegh 1249 FF , i.e . ' separated or sunderedclearing , ' v. leah and cf. OE  syndrian , ' to separate . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement