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.

Low Swithin, Upper Swithin

Other OS name in the Parish of Darton

Historical Forms

  • Swythyn 1566 Bretton
  • Swithings 1771 M
  • Swithen 1817 M

Etymology

, Swythyn 1566Bretton 27, Swithings 1771 M,Swithen 1817 M , v. sviðinn ' land cleared by burning ' .