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.

Sweetlow Whins

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Sweetly Winns 1847 TA

Etymology

, Sweetly Winns 1847TA , v. hvin ' gorse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement