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.

Sydney Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Halstock

Historical Forms

  • Sydney 1842 TA

Etymology

, 1799ERO , Sydney 1842TA , probably one of Thomas Hollis 's commemorative names , although the allusion here is obscure ( v. note under f. ns . infra ) .