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.

Swinehill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Silkstone

Historical Forms

  • Suimhil (sic) 12 Pont
  • Swithin-hill 13 Hntii,254
  • le Swythenhyll 1472 YAS
  • Swinehillfields 1726 WYEnr
  • Swinnel Field 1777 EnclA

Etymology

Swinehill (lost), Suimhil (sic)12 Pont, Swithin-hill 13 Hnt ii, 254, le Swythenhyll 1472YAS 129, 4 (YD x), Swinehillfields 1726WYEnr 233, Swinnel Field 1777EnclA . v. sviðinn 'land cleared by burning', hyll ; the dial. word swithen 'moorland cleared by burning' appears in other YW p.ns.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site