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.

Syke & Syke Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Sykehouseland 1419 Cust
  • Sickehouse, Syckehouse 1556 WillY 1608 YDr
  • Sikehouse, Sykehouse 1557,1613 SheffMan

Etymology

, Sykehouseland 1419 Cust, Sickehouse , Syckehouse 1556 WillY, 1608 YDr, Sikehouse , Sykehouse 1557, 1613 SheffMan , ' house by the stream ' , v. sīc , hūs , cf. Sykehouse 16supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name