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.

Sempstead Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Ewhurst

Historical Forms

  • Selmyston in Ewhurst 1543 SRS14,156

Etymology

is possibly identical with Selmyston in Ewhurst (1543 SRS 14, 156) in which case the modern form is a corruption , v. Selmeston supra 338 . The name must be manorial in origin .