Sidestrand
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sidestrand
Historical Forms
- Sistran 1086 DB
- Sidestrande Ric1,1223 Cur
- Sidestrond 1269 Ipm 1316 FF 1331 HMC
- Sythestrond 1269 Ass 1291 FF
- Sytstronde 1275 RH
- Sistrond 1285 FF 1286 Ass 1382 Fine
- Scythestronde 1286 Ass
- Sithstrond 1308 DeBanco
- Sidestronde 1316 FA 1317 FF
- Sydestrond (p) 1318 NfD
- Sistronde 1328 Ipm 1347 Fine
- Systronde 1348 Ipm 1373 Pat
- Sydestronde 1383 FF
- Cistronde 1390 FF
- Sydystronde 1535 VE
- Sustrand 1574 Saxton
- Sydestron 1626 Sid
Etymology
OE sīd 'large, spacious, long' and strand 'shore'. The church of St Michael was originally situated dangerously near the cliff edge. The whole church was carefully dismantled (except for the tower) in 1880 and rebuilt 0.5 km further inland. A new tower was built, while the old one served as a landmark until it collapsed into the sea in 1916 (v. EAA 51:54).