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.

Swans Nest

Other OS name in the Parish of Colyton

Historical Forms

  • Swannesnest 1608 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Swannesnest 1608Recov . Cf. Crowsnest supra 213 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement