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.

Swyncombe

Major Settlement in the Parish of Swyncombe

Historical Forms

  • Svincumbe 1086 DB
  • Swyncomna 1087 EHRxl 15th
  • Swyncumb' 1240–1 Ass
  • Swinecumb' 1204 Ch 1476 AD
  • Suinescumb' 1219 Cur
  • Swinescumbe 1234 Cl
  • Swynescumbe 1285 Ass
  • Swanescumbe 1233 Cl
  • Sunecoumb 1275–6,1278–9 RH
  • Swenecumbe 1285 Ass
  • Sonecoumb' 1316 FA
  • Sonecombe 1360 Corpus
  • Sweynecombe 1316 FA
  • Souncoumbe 1397 AD
  • Soucome 1617 Ipm

Etymology

'Pig valley,' v. swīn , cumb .