Swayfield is a village and civil parish in the

South Kesteven South Kesteven is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Lincolnshire, England, forming part of the traditional Kesteven division of the county. It covers Bourne, Lincolnshire, Bourne, Grantham, Market Deeping and Stamford, Li ...

district of Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 316. It is situated just over east from the

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, south-east from Grantham and north from Stamford. It has approximately 138 houses.

History

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has been identified nearby, probably the vill of ''Sudwelle''. Traces of earlier settlements in the form of

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burials have also been suggested. The village is reputed to have been a site for signalling beacons at the time of the

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and a modern fire-basket stands in the village, erected for 400th anniversary in 1988. In 1848 the village was described as: "Swayfield (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Bourne, wapentake of Beltisloe, parts of Kesteven, county of Lincoln, 2 miles (S. by W.) from Corby; containing 265 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £11. 2. 11., and in the gift of the Crown; net income, £391. The tithes were commuted for land and corn-rents in 1797". During the Second World War, Swayfield was the site of two dummy airfields, the remains of which can still be seen.

Geography

Swayfield is from

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(via the A151), from Grantham (via the B1176), from Stamford (via the B1176) and from Oakham. It is 3 miles from the county boundary with

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, at the point near

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. The road to the west towards

Lobthorpe North Witham is a small village and nominally a civil parish in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. The village is located along the upper course of the River Witham 1.5 miles downstream (north) of South Witham, and approximately south f ...

i
Overgate Road
To the east
adjacent
to the village, is the

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. Nearby villages include

Castle Bytham __NOTOC__ Castle Bytham is a village and civil parish of around 300 houses in South Kesteven, Lincolnshire, England. It is located 9 miles (15 km) north of Stamford and 9 miles (15 km) west of Bourne.The population was measured at ...

, Corby Glen,

Swinstead Swinstead is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated west from Bourne, north from Stamford and south-east from Grantham. It is a village of just over 100 households, the population o ...

, Creeton and Lobthorpe.

Landmarks

St Nichola
Church
is on the edge of the village o
Church Lane
and is part of the Corby Glen group of churches in the Beltisloe

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; the incumbent is the Revd Margaret Barton. Although the village has no priest, it has a lay reader. Swayfield has a public house, the Royal Oak on High Street, and a village hall.

References

External links

"Swayfield"
Homepages.which.net. Retrieved 18 June 2012 *
"Royal Oak Swayfield"
Royal Oak Swayfield Public House. Retrieved 24 July 2015 {{authority control Villages in Lincolnshire Civil parishes in Lincolnshire South Kesteven District