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.

Swineside

Early-attested site in the Parish of Coverham

Historical Forms

  • Swinesate 1240 VCHi.222 1270 YI
  • Suyneset 1301 LS

Etymology

'Swine pasture' v. swin , sætr .

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