Talk:Swanland
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The phrase about the pond: 'on which swans have traditionally been kept' is somewhat misleading. Swans have only been kept on the pond for short periods recently. It gives the impression that the swans led to the the name of Swanland. There are two theories about where the village name came from, one is from the invading Danish King Swein and the other is from swans being kept locally on meres.
- Fair point. I wrote the original phrase but didn't feel knowledgeable enough to start on the whole "Was the village named after the swans or not" debate so I was trying to skirt this issue. Although I assume swans have been on the pond for quite a while. Feel free to change it or add more info {this is Wikipedia after all :-) }. Chris, your name seems familiar - were you involved in the Scout Group in North Ferriby in the 80s? Dave w74 20:22, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
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- Yeah that's me.
