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.

Plain Severals Plant.

Other OS name in the Parish of Corscombe

Historical Forms

  • 'close called the Severelle' 1407 Cl
  • 'pasture called Severell' 1531 ADV
  • Long Severals & Plain Severals 1838 TA

Etymology

, 1838TA , named from 'close called the Severelle '1407 Cl, 'pasture called Severell '1531 ADV, Long Severals & Plain Severals 1838TA , from ME  severell ' plot of privately-owned land ' .