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.

Swading Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sandy

Etymology

It is difficult not to believe that this hill preserves the name of the family of Thos. de Swathyng who in 1346 (FA) held land in the not very distant Chawston and Colesden.