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Survey of English Place-Names

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Syrencot Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Figheldean

Historical Forms

  • Sexhamcote 1227 FF
  • Sexamecot 1242 Fees
  • Sexhampcote 1327,1332 SR 1394 Ass 1412 FA
  • Sexhamcott 1639 FF
  • Sirencott 1637 Phillipps
  • Cicencutt 1773 AandD
  • Sissingcutt otherwise Syrencot 1803 Recov

Etymology

Possibly 'cottages with (or by) six homesteads,' a name of the same type as the Sevenhampton discussed supra 107–8.