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.

Swindale Beck & Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Dufton

Historical Forms

  • Swyndalle heade 1588 Rent
  • Swindall graine head 1651 BdyR
  • Esterswyndale 1292 QW
  • Swindale 1687 BdyR

Etymology

( 1704 Terr ) ( Swyndalle heade 1588Rent ,Swindall graine head 1651BdyR ), named from Esterswyndale 1292QW, Swindale 1687BdyR , ' swine valley ' , v. swīn , dæl , grein ' river-fork ' , hēafod ; it is called Ester - ( v. ēasterra ' more easterly ' ) to distinguish it from Swindale in Shap (ii, 171infra ) .