Sezincote
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sezincote
Historical Forms
- Ch(i)esnecot(e), Cheisnecot(e) 1086 DB
- Chesnecothe 1236 Theok
- Cinctecote 1166 RBE
- Sesnecot(e), Sesnechoth 1185 Madox e.13 BM
- Senescot(e) 1195 P 1204 Cur 1291 Tax
- Senecote 1221 Plea
- Suinescote 1201 P
- Swenecota 1220 Fees
- Snesnechoth e.13 BM
- Snescota 1220 Fees
- Scenescot Hy3 ADii
- Shenescote 1401 Ipm
- Schenecote 1374 Ipm
- Sessecot' 1221 Ass
- Shesnecote 1236 Fees
- Scesnecot(e), S(c)hesnecot(e) 1196 Finberg 1236 Fees 1248 Ass 1268 Ipm 1380 FF
- Schesen(e)cot(e) 1248 Ass 1291 Tax 1297 Episc
- Sesencote 14 ADii
- Sesyncote Hy6 AddCh 1535 VE
- Sesoncote 1498 ADi
- Seasencott 1597 FF
- Sezingcott als. Seseencott als. Sesencott 1610 FF
Etymology
A good many of the spellings are erratic, but there can be no doubt of Ekwall's derivation from OE cisen 'gravelly' and cot 'cottage'. The variation in the initial consonant is due to the AN substitution of s - for OE c -, ME ch -, a change similar to that in Cirencester (60supra ), cf. IPN 100–3, Phonol. § 32.