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.

Southend

Other OS name in the Parish of North Nibley

Historical Forms

  • Man' Southernes 1500–15 ECP

Etymology

, 1720 Will , v. sūð , ende , but it is possibly an adaptation of Man ' Southernes 1500–15 ECP ( from the surname Southern ) .