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.

Sibberscot

Major Settlement in the Parish of Pontesbury

Historical Forms

  • Sibaldescote 1255 RH 1291-2 Ass 1340 Pat
  • Sibaldeskote 1271-2 ForProc
  • Sibaldescot 1276 Ipm 1327 SAS2/X
  • Sybescote 1271-2 Ass
  • Sybascote 1291-2 Ass
  • Sybaskot alias Sibaldescote 1308 Ipm
  • Sibascote 1490 Ipm
  • Sibalscote 1291-2 Ass
  • Siberscot 1551 PR(H)
  • Siberscott 1615 ib
  • Sibberscote 1577 Saxton 1601 SBL12706
  • Sybur-Scoot 1672 HTR

Etymology

'Sigebeald's cottage(s)'.

Places in the same Parish