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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.

Swains Greave

Other OS name in the Parish of Hope Woodlands

Etymology

, cf. Swaines graue head 1627Senior , v. sveinn , grafa 1 , hēafod ; topographically it can hardly be grǣfe ' copse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement