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.

Sepscott

Early-attested site in the Parish of Shirwell

Historical Forms

  • Sebrescote 1238 Ass
  • Seberscote 1333 SR
  • Sebirscote 1339 Ass
  • Sebryscote 1451 IpmR
  • Sebrightescote 1244 Ass
  • Sebrittescote 1244 Ass
  • Sebrictescot 1254 Ass
  • Sebristescote 1275 RH
  • Schebescote 1303 FA
  • Sepescote 1378 IpmR

Etymology

'Sǣbeorht 's cot(e),' cf. Sawbridgeworth (PN Herts 56), pronounced [sæpsə].

Places in the same Parish