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.

Swanderbury

Other OS name in the Parish of Bere Regis

Etymology

, part of Bere Wood supra on the lower slopes of Woodbury Hill supra , perhaps ' peasants' hill ' like Swanborough Sx 317 , v. swān ( gen . pl . swana ) , beorg .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement