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.

Swinbrook

Major Settlement in the Parish of Swinbrook and Widford

Historical Forms

  • Svinbroc 1086 DB
  • Suinbroc' 1216 Cl
  • Suinbroc 1235 FF
  • Swinbroc 1196 FF
  • Sunbroc 1146 Holtzmann 15th
  • Swnbroc 1196 FF
  • Simbroc 1220 Fees
  • Swenbroc 1268 Ass
  • Swynesbroke 1273 FF
  • Swynesbroc 1278–9 RH
  • Swenebroc 1278–9 RH
  • Swenebroke 1285 Ass
  • Swenebrock 1311 AD
  • Swynebrok' 1278–9 RH 1351 Ipm
  • Swunebrok 1322–3 AD

Etymology

'Pig brook,' v. swīn , brōc .