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Sicklesmere (Suffolk)In fairness to Victor Watts and the other editors, wasn't the implication that "it is not known whether the name is old" reasonable, given the complete lack of evidence at the time? But I agree that it was very injudicious to then confidently posit a hypothetical OE personal name.What worries me more about CDEPN is the occasional surprising absence of major names, such as Tardebigge (Worcs), which I looked up the other day. John Freeman ----- Original Message ----- From: Keith Briggs To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 9:47 AM Subject: [EPNL] Sicklesmere (Suffolk) CDEPN has for Sicklesmere "If this is an ancient name it represents Sicel's mere". A glance at the Suffolk Feet of Fines would have revealed Sykolvesmere 1272. This seems to contain the Scandinavian name Sigolfr, and if so it is rather interesting to find this in central Suffolk (cf. Sigglesthorne YE 68). I don't see the point of having this entry in a popular dictionary. It can only mislead, since it implies that it is not known whether the name is old, and suggests a hypothetical personal name, when it is more likely to contain a known one. Keith