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.

The City

Other OS name in the Parish of Nether Compton

Etymology

, cf. City [Bridge]1791 Boswell , an ironical name for a small settlement , v. PN Brk 284 , but cf. the f.n. Setty in Stour P . par . supra .