Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• on Sidemyntone . to fosterland 843 ASCharters(S391)

• (apud) Sidelyng 843 BCS739(alsoS391)

• Sidelince 1086 DB 1244 Ass

• Sidelincea 1086 Exon

• Sidelinz 1200,1201,1211 Cur

• Sidelis 1201 P

• Sideliz 1208 FF

• Sidelinche 1291 Tax

• Sydelich' 1234 Fees

• Sydelynche 1291 Tax 1428 FA

• Sydelinch 1303 ib

• Sedelinch 1129 CartAnt 1190 Ch 1332

• Sedeling 1271 Pat

• Sideling(e) 1212 Fees 1226 Cur 1227 FF 1229 Pat 1254 Cl 1297 et freq

• Sidelingh' 1288 Ass

• Sidelingge 1291 Pat

• Sidelyng 1389 Pat

• Sydeling(e) 1225 Cur 1227 ClR 1234 Cl 1244 Ass 1256 FF 1293 Winch

• Sydelyng(') 1321 MiltC 1332 SR 1480 DCM

• Sidling 1273 Pat

• Liberty of Sidling 1664 HTax

• Liberty of Sydling(e) 1592 VCHDo 1646 SC

• Siddering' 1212 P

• Syddelyng 1332 Winch 16

• Sudeling' 1221 Ilch

• Schydeling' 1244 Ass

• Brodesideling(e) 1268 FF 1280,1288 Ass 1302 FF 1449 DorR

• Brodsidelinch', Brodsideling 1288 Ass

• Bredesidelyng 1346 Cl

• Brode Sydelyng 1359 Pat

• Sytelyng (sic) 1467 Pat

Etymology

'Broad ledge', v. sīd , hlinc , clearly with reference to one of the hill ridges which reach over 700′ to the E and W of the village although the precise feature referred to has not been identified. The first forms cited are from an Anglo-Saxon charter (in an English and Latin version) which lists estates granted by King Athelstan to Milton Abbey. The form Sidemyntone is no doubt an error for Sidelyntone (with tūn 'estate'), and to fosterland means 'as land assigned for the procuring of provisions' (BT). The ME affix brode 'broad, large, great', found from the 13th to 15th centuries, distinguishes this place from Up Sydling infra in this par.The present affix St Nicholas is from the dedication of the church, v. infra . According to Hutch3 4 496, 'It is now frequently called Sidland, being in old records spelt Sydland', but there do not seem to be recorded spellings to confirm this. The medieval bounds of the parish are described in 14 (16) Winch (18278). The place gives name to Sydling Water, v. RNs.infra .