Swingleton Green
village · Suffolk
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
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 EnglishAttestedpeople of Swinela(from Swinela "a personal name", -ingas "people of")
- ton
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, farmstead(from tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village")
- Green
- Old EnglishAttestedcommon land(from grēne "green")