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.

Old Seeds

Field in the Parish of Scraptoft

Historical Forms

  • 1830 Surv 1850 TA

Etymology

Old Seeds 1830, 1850 (v. sǣd; used in modern f. ns. for areas of sown grass)