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.

Swinestyfurlong '

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • Swinestyfurlong ' Hy3 Rut
  • le swynstyfor lang ' e.14 BelCartA
  • Suenistifurlong ' 1333 Rut

Etymology

Swinestyfurlong' Hy 3, le swynstyfor lang' e. 14, swynstifurlong' 1332, 1344, 1380, swynestifurlong' 1332, 1366, Suenistifurlong' 1333 (v. swīn, stig, furlang)