The Swillett
Early-attested site in the Parish of Chorleywood
Etymology
The Swillett (6″). Cf. Swillett Field , Swillett Wood c. 1840TA . There is a depression here which may have been an old water-course. For the possibility of a word swill denoting a water-course cf. s. n. Swale Bank (PN Sx 353) where we have evidence for an OE swylle . Similarly there is a Swilgate river in Gloucestershire for which Ekwall (DEPN s. n .) gives early forms Suliet , Swilyate in which we clearly have OE geat added to swill , hence perhaps flood-gate or the like. swil-geat would develop normally to ModEng swillet . For another compound of swill and gate cf. Swillgate (PN Sx loc. cit .).