Swanton Novers
Major Settlement in the Parish of Swanton Novers
Historical Forms
- Suanetone 1047–70 (13 Sawyer 1499) ASWills 35
- Suanetunam 1086 DB
- Swaneton 1198,1200 FF
- Suaneton 1200 Cur
- Suanethon 1233 Fees
- Svanetone 1257 Ass
- Swanton 1275 RH 1302,1346 FA 1330 Ipm
- Swanton (Mareschal) 1334 FF
- Hungreswanton 1286 FF
- Hungry Swanton 1320 Walsing
- Hungri Swanton 1342 AD
- Swanton Nowers 1361 Ipm 1446 FF 1477 AD
- Swanton Norys 1421 FF
- Swanton Nevers 1535 VE
- Nowerswanton 1385 FF
Etymology
From OE swāna -tūn , 'the farm or village of the herdsmen', v. OE swān1 and tūn . The name is found three times as a major name in Norfolk and once in Kent. The addition Novers is from Noyers-Bocage in Normandy. “Vulgarly called Hungry Swanton” (NfT 792).