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Survey of English Place-Names

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Sweden Crag & How

Early-attested site in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • le Swythene 13 NB 1275 AD63
  • Swedle buske 1597 Ambls
  • Sweedne 1668 Rydal
  • Sweeden end 1684 Ambls
  • Sweden Howe 1865 OS

Etymology

Sweden Crag & How, le Swythene 13 NB 150, 1275AD 63, Swedle buske 1597 Ambls 82, Sweedne 1668Rydal , Sweeden end 1684 Ambls 84, Sweden Howe 1865 OS. ON  *sviðinn, dial. swithen 'moorland clearing made by burning'; cf. Phonol. §11 (ii).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name