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.

Swainstead

Early-attested site in the Parish of Giggleswick

Historical Forms

  • Suinstiheued e.13 Sawl109
  • Swinesceheuedh 1256 Percy
  • Swynstihede 1394 Sawl107d
  • Swynesteade 1574 WillY
  • Swainstead 1659 WillS

Etymology

Swainstead, Suinstiheued e. 13Sawl 109, Swinesceheuedh 1256 Percy, Swynstihede 1394Sawl 107d, Swynesteade 1574 WillY, Swainstead 1659 WillS. 'Pig-sty headland', v. swīn , stigu , hēafod .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name