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.

Sevington Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Acton Beauchamp

Historical Forms

  • Selvintone 1275 SR
  • Silvington 1777 Inscriptioninchurch
  • Sivington 1822 VCHiv.225

Etymology

No certainty can be attained with regard to this name. The first form refers to someone living in Hallow so it is possible it is not to be connected with this place at all. As there is a Silvington (Sa) it is very likely that the name is manorial and not original to this parish.