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.

Silly Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of St Mary Maldon

Historical Forms

  • (le) Selyhous 1357–1426 HarlR
  • Salyhous 1486 EAS(OS)iv
  • Seelyehousebridge 1599 Bodl

Etymology

is (le ) Selyhous 1357–1426HarlR , Salyhous 1486 EAS(OS) iv, Seelyehousebridge 1599Bodl . ' House among thewillows , ' v. sealh .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site