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.

Sinney Fields

Early-attested site in the Parish of Nuneaton

Historical Forms

  • Synnefeild 1575 Aston

Etymology

Sinney Fields is Synnefeild 1575Aston . Cf. also Synyfen 1544, Senyfenne 1551, Synifene , Synnefen 1581 ib., Sinny Fen 1725 B. v. fenn . The forms are too late for any interpretation of the first element to be attempted.