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.

Swallow Nest

Other OS name in the Parish of Aston cum Aughton

Etymology

, 1817 M , v. swalwe , nest , a fairly common type of late name in YW ( cf. Crow Nest ii, 186infra ) .