Swallowhurst
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bootle
Historical Forms
- Sualewehurst 1228–43 DuLa
- Swalewehurst 1259 ib
- Swaleyhyrst 1570 LowtherW
Etymology
The first element is presumably OE swealwe , 'swallow'; the second is hyrst, 'wooded hill.'
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Bootle Fell
- Soura Well
- Mill Bridge
- Stub Place
- Selker Bay
- Beckside
- Broadwater
- Charity Chair
- Cross Ho
- Fell Side
- Flatts
- Ford Ho
- High Mill
- The Hill
- Kiskin
- The Nook
- Sikebeck
- The Tarn
- Wellbank
- Wylie Gapp