Swinderby is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

in the

North Kesteven North Kesteven is a local government district in Lincolnshire, England. The district is located to the east of Nottinghamshire, north-east of Leicestershire and south of the city of Lincoln. Its council, North Kesteven District Council, is ...

district of

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershir ...

, England. The village is situated just north of the

A46 road The A46 is a major A road in England. It starts east of Bath, Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway developm ...

, south-west from Lincoln and north-east from Newark. Swinderby lies within a rural agricultural community and covers an area of . Village population is 773, reducing to 648 (including

Morton Hall Morton Hall is a small village in the civil parish of Swinderby , in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated south-west from the City of Lincoln, and is centrally located between the nearby larger villages of Swin ...

) at the 2011 census.

History

The name 'Swinderby' is assumed to have originated either from "sundri + by" (southern farmstead or village), or "svin + djur + by" (farmstead where pigs are kept); in ''

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'' it is referred to as "Sunderby" and "Suindrebi". The settlement might date back to at least Roman times as Roman pottery and parts of

Fosse Way The Fosse Way was a Roman road built in Britain during the first and second centuries AD that linked Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter) in the southwest and Lindum Colonia ( Lincoln) to the northeast, via Lindinis (Ilchester), Aquae Sulis (Bath), C ...

have been found. Some village buildings date back to the 17th century. The church of All Saints is predominantly

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and Early English, however restoration was carried out in 1854, 1879 and 1910. Light and Life Mission Hall, Swinderby

In 1872 there was a Wesleyan chapel.

Community

The village has a public house, a church, a village hall, two playing fields and a primary school with nursery. The school is the All Saints' Church of England Primary School, which was rated as overall Grade 2 (good), in its 2012 Ofsted inspection. Swinderby is close to the now closed RAF airfield,

RAF Swinderby Royal Air Force Swinderby or more simply RAF Swinderby was a Royal Air Force station airfield opened in 1940, one of the last of the stations completed under the RAF's expansion plans started in the 1930s. It was built near the village of Swin ...

, which holds a bi-monthly antique and collectors fair that has been featured on BBC1's ''Bargain Hunt''.Bargain Hunt
''BBC1''. Retrieved 7 April 2011 News and event notices are carried in the village ''Swinderby Link-up'' magazine. This publication also includes adverts from local businesses.

References

External links

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''Swinderby All Saints Primary School''
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