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.

Swingdon

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashwater

Historical Forms

Swyndon 1296 Ass

Etymology

is Swyndon 1296Ass (p) . ' Swine hill , ' v. dun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Ashwater