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Swarraton
Swarraton, Northington |
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Northington
Hampshire
SU5637
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HANTSLOC.t
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25inch County Series map -- Hants XXXIII.12 |
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Swarraton
otherwise: Swerwetone, 903-16; Serueton, 1135-1154;
Sherueton, 1207; Swarweton?; Sarweton, 1242-1250
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Coates 1989
SWARRATON
Ekwall suggests that the first element is a reduced hypothetical form of
'Swaerwaed'='heavy ford' (ie: over the right bank tributary of the Itchen
entering below Alresford). Grundy, following Bradley, suggests the first element
is a pre-Old English stream name. The latter cannot be right; hypothetical
Primitive Welsh 'sw-/su-' is nonexistent (Jackson 1953: 525-6). Perhaps it is
hypothetical Old English 'Swearthwatun'='pelt farm', ie: farm supplying dressed
or undressed animal skins, if Old English 'sweard, swearth'='pelt' is for
hypothetical Germanic 'swardu-, swardw-' as Germanic and Baltic cognates seem to
suggest. For a trace of the 'u/w' in the second syllable to be preserved, the
name would have to be of high antiquity. The 'oldest' spelling is preserved only
in a 16th century copy of a spurious document, but it looks a fair ancestor for
the modern name.
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Swarwootton
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788
- settlement, hamlet - Bondsborough Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
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Harrison 1788
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Swarwotton
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Bondsborow Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
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Morden 1695
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Swarwotton
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, village - Buntesboro Hundred - Hantshire
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Blaeu 1645
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Swarwotton
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Buntesboro Hundred - Hantshire
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Speed 1611
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Swarwotton
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607
- settlement, village - Titchfeild Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
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Norden 1607
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Swarwutton
Shown on an old map by Saxton 1575
- settlement, village - Southamtoniae
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Saxton 1575
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