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.

Abbotsbury Swannery

Other OS name in the Parish of Abbotsbury

Historical Forms

  • Abbotsbury Swanery 1811 OS

Etymology

, Abbotsbury Swanery 1811 OS , established by the monks of the Abbey in medieval times , first mentioned in 1393 (RCHM18) and referred to in 1590 (Hutch3 2724) as ' a game or flight of wildswans ' which at that date numbered 500 .