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.

Sweetlands Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Upottery

Historical Forms

  • Sweteland 1197 P
  • Suueteland 1247 Misc
  • Swetelond(e) 1306 Ass t.Ed3 Ass

Etymology

The name perhaps denoted an area of great fertility. Cf. Sweetcombe supra 597.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement