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.

Swarthorpe

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mashamshire

Historical Forms

  • Siuuartorp, Siwartorp 1086 DB
  • Swarthorp' 1184 RichReg
  • Smartorp' 1207 FF
  • Siwardthorp 1226 FF
  • Swartrups 17 TitheApportionment

Etymology

This place is of interest as in it Mr T. S. Gowland has, with the aid of the Tithe Award, discovered the site of the lost DB vill. The name means 'Siward's village' from the OE  pers. name Sigeweard . v. þorp .