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Survey of English Place-Names

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Swinestone Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Swynstywath 1402,1422 IpmR
  • Swanstone wath 1765,1769,1771 PR(B)
  • Swinesty Warth 1770 M

Etymology

, Swynstywath 1402,1422 IpmR, Swanstone wath 1765, 1769, 1771 PR(B), Swinesty Warth 1770 M , v. vað ' ford ' , the first el . being ' pig-sty ' , v. swīn , stigu , cf. Swinsty ( ii , 217 infra , YW iv , 251 , v , 129 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name