Sullington
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sullington
Historical Forms
- Sillinctune 959 BCS1050 c.1100
- Sillingtune c.1050 CartAntiq(PRO) 12th
- Sillintone 1086 DB
- Semlintun 1086 DB
- Sellitune 1144 Sele
- Selinton 1166 P
- Selington 1230 FF
- Sillingeton 1175 P
- Silingeton 1176 P
- Salington 1274 RH
- Shellyngton 1266 FF
- Sillyngton 1291 Cl
- Syllington 1400 IpmR 1722 MarC
- Sullyngton(e) 1291 Tax
- Shullington 1611 SRS33,63
- Sullington al. Sillington 1641 Recov
Etymology
In considering this difficult name it should not be overlooked that in the neighbouring parish of Storrington we have in the Subsidy Rolls of 1327 and 1332 an Emma atte Sullingg . This suggests that there was an OE syling a derivative of syle (v. Selham supra 28) denoting 'land marked by miry places.' This word forms the first element in the place-name Sullington itself. Hence, 'farm by the miry places.' The actual site of the syling was probably on the Storrington-Sullington border in the hollow by the mill. For such a use of ing, cf. Fyning supra 39.