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.

Sodern

Other OS name in the Parish of Charminster

Etymology

, cf. Soddern Bridge 1791 Boswell , Sodom pce 1837TA , perhaps from ModE  sodom ' a wicked place ' , but possibly ' south hill ' from sūð , dūn , cf. the f.n. Newdowne (s ), Newdome (s )infra , Soddon in E Stoke par . supra .