Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Svdi(n)tone 1086 DB

• Svintone 1086 DB

• Suenton 1145 France

• Suinthon 1157 ib

• Swinton 1186 ib

• Suthintun(a), Suthinton(e), Suthynton(e) 1146 France 1223 Abbr 1226 FF 1233 Cl 1409 Ipm

• Nether Suthynton(e) 1223 FF

• Suthynton(e) Lang(e)le 1274,1280 Ipm

• Ouer Suthynton(e) 1310 FF

• Suthington(a) 1221 Eyre 1235 Bracton

• Sudinton, Sudynton 1201 Cur 1220 Fees 1221 Ass 1272 Ipm 1494 MinAcct

• Sudynton Galfridi 1220 Fees

• Sudynton Musard 1325 MinAcct

• Nether Sudynton, Over Sudynton 1395 FF

• Sudincton' 1248 Ass

• Sudington, Sudyngton 1248 Ass 1327 Ch 1587 FF

• Nether Sudyngton, Over Sudyngton 1503 Ipm 1511 FF

• Sudyngton Mary(e) 1587,1617 FF

• Nether Sudington als. Sudington Musard 1617 ib

• Sudington Peter als. Lower Sudington, Over Sudington als. Sydington Langley 1637 ib

• Uuere Suddington' 1261 FF c.1560 Surv

• Nether Suddington' als. Suddington' Langlie 1634 Inq

• Sodinton, Sodynton 1262 Ipm 1274 RH 1286 Episc 1415 FF

• Sodynton Langeley, Sodynton Musard 1303 FA

• Over Sodynton, Ouere Sodynton 1306 FF 1352 Ipm

• Nether Sodynton 1330 FF 1375 Ipm

• Sodington, Sodyngton 1316 FA 1325 Orig 1440 IpmR

• Sodyngton Langley 1409 Ipm

• Over Sodyngton 1434 Pat

• Sotington 1285 FA

• Sothinton 1327 SR

• Sutton juxta Cicestre 1398 Ipm

• Sydyngton, Sydington 1535 VE 1540 AOMB

• Sydington Petri, Sydington Beate Marie 1535 VE

• Sydington inferiore, Sydington superiore 1575 FF

• Upper Siddington 1742 PR

Etymology

Siddington lies about a mile south of Cirencester and it might be expected that the name referred to this fact. The village is not in fact contiguous with Cirencester and the interpretation '(land) south in the village' is here less likely than a similar interpretation for Eastington (54supra ) which seems to have been the eastern part of Ampney St Peter village, or Westington (239infra ) which is the south-western part of Chipping Campden village. But '(land) south in the township or district' would be appropriate, in this case of Cirencester (v. sūð or sūðan , in, tūn ); the spelling Sutton juxta Cicestre is interesting in this respect. The earlier spellings Svintone , etc. have AN  loss of intervocalic -th - (cf. IPN 109). The development of u to i before dentals which occurs in other p.ns. like Sinton (Wo 128), Diddington (Hu 254), Dinnington (YW i, 146) and probably Hidcote (243infra ), is well established (cf. Phonol. § 29). The various affixes refer to the two parts of Siddington: Lower or Nether Siddington, also distinguished as St Peter from the church of that dedication and Musard from the family of Musard who held land here from the time of DB to 1349 (Aid 280); Upper Siddington, also called St Mary from the former church of St Mary, Langley from the family of Langeley who had an estate here from the 13th century (1285, 1303 FA, 1349 Aid 280, cf. the f.n. Langley infra ), and Galfridi from Geoffrey de Langele . In 1617FF and 1634 Inq the affix Langley is an alternative to Nether , but in 1637FF to Over -; this was apparently because the Langleys had later acquired land in Lower Siddington.