Swathwick
Early-attested site in the Parish of Wingerworth
Historical Forms
- Swathweyt Hy3 DbCh
- Swathuyt 1270 ib
- Swathwayt 1306 Ass
- Schwathwayt 1338 WollCh
- Thuathuayt, Thwathuayt, Thwathwait, Thwathwayt, Thwathweyt 1264 RegAnt 1301 FF 1312 1324 Hallviii 1339 DbCh 1346,1363 Hallviii
- Twatweyt 1306 Ass 1332 Middleton
- Twathwait 1323 Ass
- Twathweit 1538–44 ECP
- Thwathewait 1386,1397 DbCh
- Thwathewaith 1435 ib
- Thwatwaite 1535 Val
- Waithuait 1328 Ch
- Quahtwayt 1416 Fine
- Wathwete 1417 Fine
- Swatwicke 1576 FF
- Swathwick(e) 1583 1633 DbAvi
- Swathwike als Thautwayte Eliz Reli
Etymology
Apparently a compound of swæð 'track, pathway', later 'measure of grassland', and þveit 'clearing, meadow'. Perhaps the meaning is 'clearing beside a path'. Considerable confusion of both elements has taken place.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Barley Mow Inn
- Belfit Hill
- Black Wood
- Bole Hill
- Bradbury Wood
- Buttonhill Plantation
- Carrhouse Fm
- Clayton Nether Wood and Clayton Upper Wood
- Cockshots Wood
- Cowley Wood
- Dogshanks Plantation
- Emmet Field Wood
- Gladwin Wood
- Gorsey Place
- Hanging Banks
- Hardwick Wood
- Harper Hill
- Hill Houses
- Hockley
- Lydgate Fm
- Nether Moor
- Pearce Lane and Pearce Wood
- Redcarr Hillside
- Robincroft Wood
- Salem Place
- Simpson's Plantation
- The Slip
- Nether Speighthill Wood and Upper Speighthill Wood
- Stubbing Court
- Sutcliffe Wood
- Watson Lane
- Widdowson Spring Wood
- Wingerworth Hall
- Wingerworth Mill
- Wren Park Wood