Seisdon is a rural village in the parish of Trysull and Seisdon, Staffordshire approximately six miles west of Wolverhampton and the name of one of the five hundreds of Staffordshire. The population recorded at the 2011 census does not distinguish this hamlet from the rest of the parish, which had a population of 1,150.
Etymology
The name appears to mean "hill of the Saxons", deriving from the Anglo-Saxon words Seis meaning Saxon and Dun meaning hill. The first element may alternatively be a personal name.
Location and Sites
Seisdon is a hamlet within the parish of Trysull and Seisdon (formerly named Trysull, only), lying one mile north-west of the village of Trysull, near the border with Shropshire. There is a narrow bridge of several arches over the river Smestow, which is of 18th-century origin. On the county boundary there is a high position which formed an ancient entrenchment named Abbot's Wood (Apewood) Castle. dating from the 17th century and greatly extended around 1840-1850 by the Aston-Pudset family. It was previously known as Green Farm.
History
The hamlet is remarkable for giving the name to the Hundred, for which no adequate authority can now be adduced. However, a large number of Hundred names refer to hills or mounds. It seems likely that such sites were chosen as being remote, and where interference was most easily avoided.
thumb|right|400px|alt=Seisdon Hundred showing position of Seisdon|Seisdon Hundred showing location of Seisdon
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! Parishes in Seisdon Hundred
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| Bobbington (partly in Shropshire)
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| Broome
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| Bushbury
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| Clent
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| Codsall
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| Enville
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| Himley
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| Kingswinford
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| Kinver
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| Old Swinford (incl Amblecote)
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| Patshull
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| Pattingham (partly in Shropshire)
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| Penn
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| Rowley Regis
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| Sedgley
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| Tettenhall
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| Trysull (and Seisdon)
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| Upper Arley (Over Arley)
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| Wolverhampton
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| Wombourn
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| Woodford (Extra Parochial)
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The Hundred presented a great diversity of soil and scenery. It was rich in coal, ironstone, lime, and freestone, and renowned for its extensive mines and iron works, and for the manufacture of a great variety of articles in iron, steel, and other metals.
There was a Seisdon Rural District from 1894 to 1974.
Famous people
- Mark Speight (born 1965 in Seisdon – 2008), Television presenter and actor.
See also
- Trysull
- Seisdon Rural District
- Listed buildings in Trysull and Seisdon