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.

Swincliffe

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • Swintcliffe 1581 WRC

Etymology

, 1849 Swintcliffe 1581 WRC 203 , v. swīn , clif .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name