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Survey of English Place-Names

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Swallows Low Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Horkstow

Historical Forms

  • Thorn Close Plantation 1824 O 1830 Gre

Etymology

is Thorn Close Plantation 1824 O, 1830 Gre , cf. Thorn Close 1762Yarb , earlier Thorne tree Close 1685Yarb , Thorn tree Close 1685Yarb , Thorn tree close 1715Yarb , Thontree Close 1722Yarb , Thorn Tree Close 1832Yarb . The modern name is no doubt from the family of Joseph Bramley Swallow 1872 White .