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.

Swandean

Early-attested site in the Parish of Durrington

Historical Forms

  • Swaneden 1326 BM

Etymology

Swandean is Swaneden in 1326 (BM). 'Peasants' valley,' v. swan , denu . For a possible earlier form v. supra 196 n.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement