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.

Simmondley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Glossop

Historical Forms

  • Simundesleg' Hy3 For
  • Symond(e)sle(e), Simond(e)sle(e), Simond(e)slegh, Simond(e)sleye 1285 1308,1309 Inqaqd 1309 Pat 1330 Ass

Etymology

Simmondley, Simundesleg 'Hy 3For (p), Symond (e )sle (e ), Simond (e )sle (e ), Simond (e )slegh , Simond (e )sleye 1285 ib, 1308, 1309 Inq aqd, 1309 Pat, 1330Ass . 'Simund's clearing', v. lēah , the pers.n. Simund being either OE  Sigemund or OScand  Sigmundr .