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Survey of English Place-Names

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Seacourt

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wytham

Historical Forms

  • (ad) Seouecanwrthe c.957 BCS1002 c.1200
  • (æt) Seofecanwyrþe c.957 c.1240 ib
  • Seuacoorde 1086 DB
  • Seuecurt William Abingdon c.1240
  • Seuecheworda 1130 P 1284 Ass
  • Seouecanwrthe, Seouecawrða, Suuecurda a.1170 ClaudiusCix c.1200
  • Seuecurth' c.1185 OxonCh 1209 Abbr
  • Sauekesworda 1166 RBE 13th
  • Seuekwrth', Seuekwerth' c.1200 S c.1280
  • Seukewurth' 1221 Cur
  • Seukeworth' 1230–1 MemR
  • Seuekewell' 1241 Ass
  • Seukesworth 1378 Banco
  • Seukeworth 1329,1377 Fine
  • Seukworth 1331 Cl
  • Sekkeworth 1337 Ch
  • Secourte 1535 VE
  • Seckworth 1728 LN
  • Sea Court c.1800 Bodl

Etymology

Seacourt Stream may have been regarded as the main stream of the R. Thames in the 10th cent., v. Pt 3.