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.

Higher Swilly

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoke Damarel

Historical Forms

  • Swilley 1577 SR 1682 FF

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Swilley 1577SR , 1682FF . It is probably the ModEng swilly , ' hollow place , gutter washed out by the soil , etc . , ' v. NED . The place lies low .