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Swingleton Green

village · Suffolk

Old EnglishAI-generated

Swingleton Green refers to a common green area associated with Swingleton. Swingleton likely means 'the settlement of Swinela's people', with '-ing' indicating a tribal group and '-ton' a settlement.

Word origins

Swingle
Old Englishpeople of Swinela(from Swinela "a personal name", -ingas "people of")
ton
Old Englishsettlement, farmstead(from tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village")
Green
Old Englishcommon land(from grēne "green")