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.

Semington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Semington

Historical Forms

  • Semelton 1249,1268 Ass 1257 For 1322 WMxxiii 1344 FF
  • Semeltun 1270 For
  • Semeleton 1249 Ass t.Ed2 AD
  • Semleton 1306 FF 1491 Ct
  • Semneton t.Hy3 Edington 1289 Ass
  • Sempneton' 1258 ib
  • Sembleton 1257 For 1289 Ass 1555 FF
  • Sembelton 1375 Ct
  • Semelynton 1300 For
  • Sempleton 1327 1341 Rental t.Ed3 For
  • Semington 1470 BM
  • Semyngton 1547 FF
  • Simenton 1675 Ogilby

Etymology

The first element is the old name Semnet for Semington Brook supra 10. Hence, 'tun on the Semnet .' For interchange of n and l , cf. PN 106.

Places in the same Parish