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.

Sexhow

Major Settlement in the Parish of Rudby

Historical Forms

Sex(h)ou c.1160–80 YCh c.1280–90 Heal

Sexhowe 1285 KI 1303 KF

Sexho 1665 Visit

Saxhow 1404 YI 1478 Test

Saxo 1483 Test

Etymology

'Sek's mound' from ON Sekkr (LindBN) and haugr.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement