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.

Sinton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Grimley

Historical Forms

  • Suþtun 825 BCS386 18th
  • Suthintun 1240 WoP
  • Sudintun 1240 WoP 1255 Ass 1275 SR
  • Synton 1483 CompR 1522 More
  • Syllington 1521 More 1614 QSR

Etymology

So called in contrast to Northingtown supra . For the name cf. Sodington in Mamble and Sinton in Leigh and in Suckley.

Places in the same Parish