a place privileged to hold local courts; _e.g._ Thorpe-le-Soke and Kirby-le-Soken (the village and church-town where the courts were wont to be held); Walsoken and Walton-le-Soken (the place near the _wall_, or perhaps the _well_, where the court was held); Sockbridge and Sockburn (the bridge and stream near the court station). [Sidenote: SOTO (Span.),] a grove; _e.g._ Soto, the name of several places in Spain; Sotilla (the little grove); Sotilla-de-las-Palomas (the little grove of the doves); Sotilla-de-la-ribera (the little grove of the river-bank). [Sidenote: SPINA (Lat.), EPINE (Fr.),] a thorn; _e.g._ Epinac, Epinal, Epinay, in France; Espinosa, in Spain (the thorny place); Epinville (the thorny villa); Epineuil (the thorny fountain, _œuil_); Epinoy, Epineuse, etc., in France; Speen, in Co. Berks, anc. _Spinæ_ (the thorny place). [Sidenote: SPITAL (Nor.-Fr.), YSPYTTY (Cym.-Cel.), SPIDEAL (Gadhelic),] an hospital or place of entertainment for strangers or invalids, from the Lat. _hospitium_; _e.g._ Spittal, in Caithness and Co. Pembroke; Spittle, in Cheshire and in Berwickshire; the Spital of Glenshee, in Perthshire; Dalna-Spidal (the field of the hospital); Spittalfields, in Middlesex; Yspytty-Rhew-Ystwith, on the R. Ystwith; Yspytty-Evan (Evan’s hospital), in Wales; Llanspithid, in Brecknock, which derived its name from an ancient _Ysbytty hospitium_ that existed here, supported by the priory of Malvern. These names and many others in England and Scotland derived their names from hospitals attached to religious houses in the Middle Ages. [Sidenote: SPRING (Teut.), SPRONG (Scand.),] a water-source; _e.g._ Springthorpe (the farm at the fountain); Adlerspring (the eagle’s fountain); Lippspring (at the source of the R. Lippe); Springe (at the source of the R. Haller); Magdespring (the maiden’s fountain). [Sidenote: SRATH (Gadhelic), YSTRAD (Cym.-Cel.),]