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.

Seaton Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hinderwell

Historical Forms

  • Scetun(e) 1086 DB
  • Seton 1279 YI 1412 YI
  • Seaton 1571 FF

Etymology

'Farm by the sea' from OE  and tun.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement