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.

Swinston

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barningham

Historical Forms

Swintenhowe 1285 KI

Swynton Howe 1301 LS

Etymology

'Mound near the pig farm' v. swin , tun , haugr .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site