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.

Swinden Clint, Swinden Gill, Swinden Hall & Swinden Moor Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Clint Rock 1848 TA
  • Swinden Moorehead 1634 PRGis

Etymology

( Clint Rock 1848TA ) ( 1848TA ) ( 1858 O.S. ) ( Swinden Moorehead 1634 PRGis ) , v. klint ' a rock, cliff ' , gil , mōr ( cf. Swinden More 1593 PRGis ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site