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.

Seat Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Seathaw 1705 YASMd

Etymology

, Seathaw 1705YAS Md293 , v. sǽti ' seat ' or sǽtr ' shieling ' , haugr ' hill ' and for the inverted Hall spelling cf. Linghaw 238supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement