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.

Swinden

Early-attested site in the Parish of Penistone

Historical Forms

  • Suindene c.1190–1208 YCh1806
  • Hol Suindene 1208–11 ib
  • Swineden(e) 1208–11 YCh1798,1802
  • Suinnedenna 1208–22 ib
  • Swinden(e), Swynden(e) 1241,1255 FF 1301 Linds 1307 YDxiii,68 1691 Hall
  • Swinden(e) house 1632 SheffMan
  • Swyndone 1302 YDxii,301
  • Swindon 1822 Langd

Etymology

'Swine valley', v. swīn , denu ; for the early affix Hol -, v. hol 1 'hole, hollow'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name