Simpson
Major Settlement in the Parish of Simpson
Historical Forms
- Sevinstone 1086 DB
- Siwinestone 1086 DB 1227 Ass 1231 WellsR 1237 Fees
- Sywynestone 1241,1262 Ass 1324 Cl
- Seweneston(e) 1302 FA 1350 Ipm 1429 Pat
- Suenston 1434 Pat 1485 Ipm
- Symston 1495 Pat 1535 VE
- Simston 1526 LS
- Simpton 1626 Vern
- Sympson 1674 Terr
Etymology
OE Sigewines -tūn , 'Sigewine's farm,' v. tun . The name Sigewine , of which only four examples are recorded before the end of the 11th cent., survived at least a hundred years later in the forms Siwin , Sewin . OE names compounded with Sige ('victory') are not common in local nomenclature. Selmeston (Sx) comes from Sigehelm , Sewardstone Green (Ess) from Sigeweard , Syerscote (St) from Sigeric , Syresham (Nth) and Syerston (Nt) come from Sigehere , Simondshall (Gl) and Symondsbury (Do) from Sigemund .
Places in the same Parish
None