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.

Swanley Hall Bridge & Swanley Hall Cover

Early-attested site in the Parish of Acton

Historical Forms

  • Swanle 1284 ChF
  • Swanlegh 1530 Plea
  • Swanley 1544 AD 1842 OS
  • Swanley infra Badeley 1634 Orm2
  • Swanelegh 1388 Earw
  • Swoneley 1365 BPR
  • Swonlegh 1375 Eyre
  • Swynneley 1486 MinAcct
  • Swanlowe 1528–9 Orm2
  • Swanlow Cover & Swanlow Hall 1831 Bry

Etymology

'Herdsmen's or peasants' clearing or wood', from swān2 (gen.pl. swana ) and lēah , with hall and (ge)hæg. Cf. Burland, Ravensmoor supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site