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.

Swetton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Suatune, Sualun 1086 DB
  • Suetton 12 Font
  • Swetton 1198 Fount 1221 Font 1594 FF
  • Swettem 1301 YI
  • Sweton 1535 VE

Etymology

Either 'Swēta's farmstead', from the OE  pers.n. Swēta or 'sweet, pleasant farm', v. swēte , tūn . Sutton D 550 is of similar origin.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site