Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Sevinstone 1086 DB

• Siwinestone 1086 DB 1227 Ass 1231 WellsR 1237 Fees

• Sywynestone 1241,1262 Ass 1324 Cl

• Seweneston(e) 1302 FA 1350 Ipm 1429 Pat

• Suenston 1434 Pat 1485 Ipm

• Symston 1495 Pat 1535 VE

• Simston 1526 LS

• Simpton 1626 Vern

• Sympson 1674 Terr

Etymology

OE  Sigewines -tūn , 'Sigewine's farm,' v. tun . The name Sigewine , of which only four examples are recorded before the end of the 11th cent., survived at least a hundred years later in the forms Siwin , Sewin . OE  names compounded with Sige ('victory') are not common in local nomenclature. Selmeston (Sx) comes from Sigehelm , Sewardstone Green (Ess) from Sigeweard , Syerscote (St) from Sigeric , Syresham (Nth) and Syerston (Nt) come from Sigehere , Simondshall (Gl) and Symondsbury (Do) from Sigemund .