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.

Seggimoor Beck & Seggimoor Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Glentham

Historical Forms

  • le Segmore m13 MC
  • Segmor Hy3 Ch 1291
  • segemore 1673 CCLeases
  • Segmore 1681,1721 ib
  • Segmore or Sedgemore 1764 EnclA

Etymology

, le Segmore m13MC , Segmor Hy3(1291) Ch, segemore 1673CCLeases , Segmore 1681, 1721ib , Segmore or Sedgemore 1764EnclA , ' the marsh where sedge, rushes grow ' , v. secg , in a Scandinavianised form , mōr .