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Survey of English Place-Names

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Swilletts Fm & Swilletts Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Abbott

Historical Forms

  • Selliotts 1811 OS
  • Swelliotts Farm 1839 TA

Etymology

( Selliotts 1811 OS, Swelliotts Farm 1839TA ) , from a surname , cf. Thomas Selyot , William Seliot 1327 , Thomas de Selyet 1332 SR , Swilletts Fm & Swilletts Wood in Broadwindsor par . supra .