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.

Sowton

Other OS name in the Parish of Buckerell

Historical Forms

  • Sutheton juxta Fineton 1298 Ass
  • Sutheton juxta Feneton 1311 Ass

Etymology

is Sutheton juxta Fineton 1298Ass , Sutheton juxta Feneton 1311Ass . ' South farm , ' v. tun . It lies south - west of Buckerell .

Places in the same Parish