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.

Sowdley Cottages & Sowdley Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Lapley cum Wheaton Aston

Etymology

, cf. the Sowdley 1838TA , ' thewoodland pasture south of the village ' , v. sūð , lēah , cf. SouthleyWo 159 which has a form Sudleye .