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.

Sydenhurst

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chiddingfold

Historical Forms

  • Suttinghurst 1313 Ass 1341 BM
  • Suttynghurst 1340 Loseley 1390 Ass 1437 Moulton
  • Suttyngehurst 1344 Loseley
  • molend. de Suttyngehurst 1448 Loseley
  • Sutyngherst 1390 Ass
  • Sottynghurst 1332 SR
  • Sittynghurstlane 1484 AddCh
  • Sytynghurst 1543 Loseley
  • Syttinghurst 1544 SR
  • Sidinghurst 1680 Seller
  • Siddinghurst 1749 B 1823 Br

Etymology

This is probably 'Sutta 's wood or wooded hill,' v. ing , hyrst , with the same personal name as that found in Sutcombe (PN D 168). For u > i , cf. PN Wo xxviii and, PN D vol. 1, xxxiv.