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Swanborough One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Swanborough

Variants: Swanboro, Swanbro, Swanbrow, Swansborough, Swansbury

Category:  3 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way on a global basis.

Website: www.bonniesworld.com

Contact: Mr John Swansbury


Variant names

There are over twenty known variant spellings of the surname known to have occurred within the family. These include Swansborough, Swanbrough, Swanbrow, Swanboro, Swanbro, Swansbro, Swornbury, Swansbuary, Swainsbury (but not Sainsbury) and Swansbury.

Name origin

In the heart of Wiltshire is the Swanborough Hundred, established over a thousand years ago. Since the earliest known occurrences of our surname are found in the records from towns and villages in this Hundred (mostly in the area between Devizes and Pewsey) we assume that the place-name has given rise to the surname.

Historical occurrences of the name

The name Swanborough itself may derive from the Anglo-Saxon Swana Beorh or Swinbeorg. On an ancient bounday line near Pewsey is the site of the Swanborough Tump (see picture), where the Court of the Swanborough Hundred used to meet. It is said that King Alfred and his brother drew up their wills there before a battle with the Danes in 871 A.D.

Distribution of the name

The family started to disperse from the confines of Wiltshire in the late 1700s, and now it occurs in many anglophone countries. We already have links with the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Links

http://www.bonniesworld.com/

Contact Details

Mr John Swansbury

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Swanborough in the Guild Indexes
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  • Modern Newspaper Index  1
  • Marriage Index 1837-1945* 51
  • Members' Data Stores in which the name Swanborough appears* 3

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