Sessingham
Early-attested site in the Parish of Arlington
Historical Forms
- Sesingeham, Sasingham 1086 DB
- Sessingham, Cessingham 1271 Ass 1364 CplM
- Ses(s)ingeham, Cessingeham 1285 Bay 1302 FA
- Sassingham 1622 CplM
Etymology
This name and Sessacott (D) and a lost Sessinghope (PN NbDu 174) point to an OE pers. name *Sessa , *Seassa (Ekwall, PN in -ing 131), perhaps a pet-form of an OE pers. name in Seax -, hence 'homestead (or enclosure) of Se(a)xa's people,' v. ham(m). Cf. also Sissinghurst (K), Saxingeherste 1206 FF (ZONF 4, 290).