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.

Simpson

Other OS name in the Parish of Diptford

Historical Forms

  • Siwineston 1244 Ass
  • Symyston 1394 Ass

Etymology

is Siwineston 1244Ass (p), Symyston 1394Ass . ' Sigewine 's tun , ' cf. Zempson supra 299 .