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.

Seckington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Seckington

Historical Forms

  • Seccandun 755 ASC c.890
  • Secandune 755 ASC c.1150
  • Secintone, Sechintone 1086 DB
  • Sekyngton 1327 Ch
  • Segynton 1535 VE
  • Sechendon(e) 1175 P 1205 Cur
  • Sechindon 1175 P
  • Sekendune 1194 Cur
  • Sekendona 1247 SR
  • Se(c)kendon 1227 FF 1232 Cl t.Hy3 CartMisc
  • Se(c)kindon 1235,1242 Fees t.Hy3 Ipm 1316 FA 1401 IpmR
  • Seckingdun 1232 Ass c.1840 TA
  • Secquenden 1315 Cl
  • Sekkyngdon 1323 Pat 1350 Ipm
  • Sekindon 1656 Dugdale
  • Sechesden 1205 Cur
  • Seggendune 1247 Ass
  • Secgenden 1314 Ipm

Etymology

'Secca 's hill,' v. dun .

Places in the same Parish

None