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.

Selmeston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Selmeston

Historical Forms

  • S(i)elmestone 1086 DB
  • Syelmestona 1220 Bracton
  • Sihalmeston 1252 Ch
  • Se(i)meston' 1200 Cur
  • Selmeston 1242 Fees692
  • Silmeston 1376,1412 IpmR
  • Symston 1578 BM
  • Selmeston al. Sempson 1580 Recov
  • Silmeston al. Simpson 1632 Recov
  • Selmeston al. Simson 1765 Horsfieldii.212

Etymology

'Sigehelm's tun.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site