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.

Swettenham

Major Settlement in the Parish of Swettenham

Historical Forms

  • Suetenham l12 Chest 1220–30 AddCh
  • Swetenham e13 Chest 1621 Orm2
  • Swetenham under Lyne, Swetenham subtus Linee 1335 Pat, Mont
  • Swetinham 1260 Court
  • Swetyn(g)ham 1390 Pat 1391 ChRR
  • Swetingham, Swetingham near Marton 1551 ChRR
  • Swetunham c.1262 Dav
  • Swetonham 14 ib
  • Sweteham 1278 Ipm
  • Squeteham l13 Dav
  • Swettenham 1283 Chest 17 MidCh l13 VR 1343 ChRR 1393
  • Swettanham 1602 Cre
  • Sweteneham 1296 Ipm
  • Swentenham 1451 ChRR
  • Swetnam 1557 Sheaf
  • Swettnam 1576 Dav
  • Swittnam 1660 Dav
  • Suetenhala 1183 P

Etymology

'Swēta's homestead or village', from the OE  pers.n. Swēta and hām. The form Suetenhala 1183 P quoted in DEPN belongs to Wettenhall 327infra . Lyne is The Lyme 1 2.