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.

swyncote

Field in the Parish of Rothwell

Historical Forms

  • swyncote 1349 Ipm

Etymology

swyncote 1349('the pigsty', v.swīn-cot)