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.

Swain's Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Mitcham

Historical Forms

  • Swynes, Swaynes t.Hy7 AddCh

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Swynes , Swaynes t. Hy 7AddCh , probably deriving from the family of Robert le Sweyn , found in Morden in 1296 (WAM ) .