Seatree Family History
Seatree Surname Meaning
Possibly a locative name from Setterah Park in Askham (Westm) which is recorded as Satrowe park in 1420, Setterhaw in 1459, Sattrepark in 1488, and Magna Saturrey in 1630.
The place-name means ‘hill with a shieling’ deriving from Old Scandinavian sǽtr ‘mountain pasture shieling’ + haugr ‘hill mound’.
Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
