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.

Southerton

Other OS name in the Parish of Venn Ottery

Historical Forms

  • Sowthetoune, Sowth Fenottery 1566 DA

Etymology

is Sowthetoune , Sowth Fenottery 1566 DA 43 . It lies south of Venn Ottery , v. tun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement