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.

The Syke

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • 1850 TA
  • le Sick 1330 Rut
  • Sicfurland ' Edw1 Rut
  • Sigkefurlong ' 1317 Rut
  • le sikeshend ' 1332 Rut

Etymology

The Syke (le Sick 1330, cf. abouethesyk' e. 14 (v. aboven), Sicfurland' Edw 1, Sigkefurlong' 1317 (v. furlang), le sikeshend' 1332 (v. ende), v. sík)