Sedgehill
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sedgehill
Historical Forms
- Seghull(e) t.Hy1 Shaston 1241 FF 1289 Ass 1320 FF 1332 SR 1529 Rental
- Segghull 1241 FF
- Segilla t.Hy1 Shaston
- Segill 1439 WMxiii
- Segeshull 1249 Ass
- Seggeshull 1354 AD
- Seggehill 1495 Ipm
- Sedghyll 1547 SR
- Sedgehull 1556 Ct
- Sedghull 1611 FF
- Sedgell 1716 ib
Etymology
Inappropriate though such a compound may seem at first sight, it is probable that this name means what it says and is descriptive of a hill where sedge grows. Sedgehill, it should be noted, is the name of a district and not of any precise village or hamlet, and the whole of the parish is remarkable for its many pools and small streams, even in the higher ground in the south of the parish. Whitemarsh Fm infra is on some of the highest ground in the parish.