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Survey of English Place-Names

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Scissett

Other OS name in the Parish of Emley

Historical Forms

  • Sis(s)et 1726 PREm 1843 O.S.
  • Scissit Wood 1842 TA

Etymology

, Sis (s )et 1726PREm, 1843 O.S., Scissit Wood 1842TA ; Sciss Flat and Sciss Royd f. ns . are just across the R . Dearne in Clayton West (i, 321supra ) , and all probably contain the ME  fem. pers.n. Sisse ( from Cecilia ) ; the second el . may be OE  (ge)set ' dwelling, fold ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site