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.

Seedlings

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • le Sydelynge 1439 Rent
  • Sidlinges, Sidlynges 1572,1577 Ct

Etymology

, le Sydelynge 1439 Rent, Sidlinges , Sidlynges 1572, 1577 Ct , v. sīdling ' a strip of land lying alongside a stream ' , cf. also dial . sideling ' a slope, esp. one on which a track runs ' ( NED s.v . ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name