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.

Serrington

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stapleford

Historical Forms

  • Suthampton Stapelford 1314 Pat
  • Wynterborn Suthynton 14th Bradenstoke
  • Southampton 1314 Inqaqd
  • Suthyngton 1341 Cor
  • Sothyngton 1394 Ass
  • Southyngton 1432 ADii
  • Siddington 1529–32 ECP

Etymology

Serrington is probably Suthampton Stapelford 1314 Pat, Wynterborn Suthynton 14thBradenstoke , Southampton 1314 Inq aqd, Suthyngton 1341Cor , Sothyngton 1394Ass , Southyngton 1432 AD ii, Siddington 1529–32 ECP. 'South hamtun,' cf. Sunton infra 344. For interchange of d and r cf. Carrington for Caddington (PN Herts 30–1), Darracott (PN D 43), Dorrington for Doddington (PN NbDu 65) and Derrington (St) and Derrythorpe (L) with earlier medial d .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement