Sedgeberrow
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sedgeberrow
Historical Forms
- Segcgesbearuue 777 BCS223 11th
- Secgesbearuwe 964 BCS1135 12th
- Secghæma gemære 1042 KCD764 18th
- Seggesbarue 1086 DB
- Sechesberga c.1086 EveA 1190
- Segesberga c.1086 EveB 1190
- Segesberewe c.1150 Surv
- Sekeberga, Secheberhe 1221 Ass
- Seggesberwe 1275 SR 1291 Tax 1327 SR
- Seggeburg 1284 Wigorn
- Seggesburwe 1285 Wigorn
- Seggebarowe 1420 Pat
- Seg(e)barow 1535 VE
- Sedgeberrowe 1649 Surv
Etymology
'The grove of Secg ' (v. bearu ) with later corruption of the suffix through confusion with beorg . This seems the most probable interpretation, though in the bounds of Dumbleton (Gl) mention is made of a Secgmere (BCS 667) which looks like 'sedge-mere.' It is not easy to see how 'sedge' could be compounded with bearu , especially in a genitival compound, and the most likely explanation of the form is that secgmere is really a blunder for secghæma gemære , the form used in KCD 764 to denote 'bounds of the men of Sedgeberrow.'
Places in the same Parish
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