English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Syde

Major Settlement in the Parish of Syde

Historical Forms

  • Side 1086 DB
  • Sid' 1211–13 Fees
  • Side, Syde c.1220 GlR 1221 Ass 1227 FF 1232 Cl 1698 PR
  • Sythe 1279 FF
  • Sydene 1287 Ass
  • Cide 1303 FA

Etymology

v. sīde 'hillside, slope'.