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Swair Gill

Other OS name in the Parish of Morland

Historical Forms

  • Swear(e)gill 1639–1661 PR(Mrl) 1699 BdyR
  • Sweregill 1649,1658 PR(Mrl)

Etymology

, Swear (e )gill 1639–1661 PR(Mrl) (freq),1699BdyR , Sweregill 1649, 1658 PR(Mrl) , v. swēora ' neck of land,col, hollow on a ridge ' , gil .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site