Selavestune
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wimborne Minster
Historical Forms
- Selavestune 1086 DB
- Sige- in DB
Etymology
Selavestune (lost), Selavestune 1086 DB (VCHDo 3100), an unidentified manor assessed at 4 hides and 1½ virgates, almost certainly in Badbury hundred (op.cit. 3129) and, like prec., supposed by Eyton 88, 113f to have been in the old par. of Wimborne M.The second el. is tūn 'farm', the first is probably the OE pers.n. Sǣlāf , although an OE pers.n. Sigelāf would be a possible alternative (on Se - for Sige - in DB, v. Feilitzen 352, 360).