Seaton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sigglesthorne
Historical Forms
- Settun 1086 DB
- Seton(a), Setone 12th Nunkeel 1409 ADii
- Seython in Holdernesse 1268 FF
- Seyton 1542 NCWills
- Seeton 1286 YI
- Seaton in Holdernes 1562 FF
Etymology
'Farmstead near the lake,' from OE sǣ 'sea, lake' (v. Kilnsea supra 15) and tun . Seaton is about a mile from the upper end of Hornsea Mere. Cf. Seaton Ross infra 235.
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