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.

Sigston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirby Sigston

Historical Forms

  • Sig(h)estun 1086 DB
  • Siggestune, Siggeston 1088 LVD50d,51 1474 YD
  • Sigeston(a), Sygeston(a) 12 RegAlbi.67d c.1291 Tax 1414 YI
  • Sicgeston' 1204 ChR
  • Siggheston 1208–10 Fees

Etymology

'Sigg's farm' v. tun . Sigg is probably from an ON  name Siggr , corresponding to the weak form Siggi (LindN).

Places in the same Parish