In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swayfield like this:
SWAYFIELD, a parish in Bourn district, Lincoln; 1½ mile S by E of Corby r. station, and 10 SSE of Grantham. Post town, Colsterworth, under Grantham. Acres, 1,300. Real property, £1,988. Pop., 263. Houses, 60. The manor belongs to Brown's Hospital, Stamford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £300.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, excepting the chancel, was rebuilt in 1824.
Swayfield through time
Swayfield is now part of South Kesteven district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Kesteven has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swayfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swayfield, in South Kesteven and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13901
Date accessed: 18th October 2024
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