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.

Sidmouth

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sidmouth

Historical Forms

(of) Sidemuða 1072–1103 Earle

Sedemuda 1086 DB

Seduine 1156 France

Sede- 1238 Ass 1400 Cl

Site- 1311 Pat

Cyde- 1322 Cl

Sude- 1342 Cl

Etymology

'Mouth of the river Sid' (supra 12).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site