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.

Snug

Other OS name in the Parish of Halstock

Historical Forms

  • Snug House 1799 ERO

Etymology

, 1811 OS , 1842TA , Snug House 1799ERO , perhaps a whimsical house - name from snug ' (that which is)comfortable ' ( v. NED s.v. snug sb, adj. ) .