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.

Swancombe Bottom

Early-attested site in the Parish of Longbridge Deverill

Historical Forms

  • Swenecumbe 1300 Ipm

Etymology

Swancombe Bottom (6″) is Swenecumbe 1300 Ipm, Swenecombe 1381, Swynecombe 1391 Pat, 1566Ct . Probably 'swine valley' (v. cumb ), cf. some of the forms for Swindon infra 276.