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.

Sedlescombe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Sedlescombe

Historical Forms

  • Salescome, Selescome 1086 DB
  • Selescumba t.Hy2 Pat 1361
  • Setelescumbe c.1180 Pens 1281–95 Ch
  • Satlescumbe c.1220 Pens
  • Sedelescumbe, Sedelescombe 1205–16 BM 1342 Ipm
  • Sadelscombe 1316 FA
  • Sidlescombe 1340 NI
  • Sydlyscombe 1535 VE
  • Sedlescombe al. Sellescombe 1584 Recov
  • Selscome 1584 MarL

Etymology

The persistent e suggests an origin for this name different from that of Saddlescombe supra 286. Professor Ekwall suggests that we have OE  seþel , setl , 'seat,' hence 'valley of the seat or residence.'

Places in the same Parish