Swanton Abbot
Major Settlement in the Parish of Swanton Abbot
Historical Forms
- Swanetonne 1044–7 (13 Sawyer 1055) KCD 785
- Suanetuna 1086 DB
- Swaneton 1114–25 Holme 1199,1249 FF 1223 Holme 1226 Cur 1250 Ass
- Suaneton 1198 FF
- Swanetun 1227 ib
- Suuanton 1253 Ch
- Swanetone 1254 NfA 1269 Ass
- Swanton 1275 RH 1302to1401–2 FA 1330 FF
Etymology
The old spellings suggest that this is OE swāna -tūn 'the tūn of the herdsmen', the gen. plur. of OE swān 'herdsman, swineherd' and tūn.At the time of DB the place belonged to the Abbot of St Benet of Holme, to whom it had been granted by King Cnut. It continued to be in the possession of the Abbot throughout the Middle Ages (Blomefield VI314 ff.).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- The Avenue
- The Belt
- Blackhorse Road
- Brake Farm
- Church Lane
- Clay Lane
- Cooper's Hills Plantation
- Cramp Lane Plantation
- Dairy Farm
- Further Plantation
- The Hall
- Hall Farm
- Low Common
- Malthouse Common
- Old Manor Farm
- Perch Lake
- Perch Lake Plantation
- Pond Plantation
- Swanton Hill
- Swanton Hill Common
- Tinker's Pond
- Woodcock Hill
- Wood Lane
- Youngman's Lane
- Westwick Beck