Swingewood Family History

Perhaps an altered form of Swineshead, the original name of Swinchurch (in Chapel Corlton, Staffs) denotes a headland shaped like a pig's head (Old English swīn ‘pig’ in the genitive singular + Old English heafod ‘head’).

The second element of the place-name was altered to -church in the 19th century. The re-formation of Swinshead as Swing(e)wood and Swinswood is suggested by Tooth, citing surnames from the parish of Seighford (Staffs): Roger Swinshed 1631; Roger Swineshutt 1666; Thomas Swingwood 1797; Jane Swingewood 1797; George Swinswood 1907.

See (2) however for an alternative derivation. Alternatively, a variant of Swinford with the substitution of -wood for -ford.