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.

Southwater

Other OS name in the Parish of Horsham

Historical Forms

  • Suthwatre 1346 Pat
  • Southewater 1570 SAC60,42

Etymology

is Suthwatre in 1346 (Pat), Southewater 1570 (SAC60, 42) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement