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Swayfield
Swayfield shown within Lincolnshire |
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| Population | 338 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SK992229 |
| District | South Kesteven |
| Shire county | Lincolnshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | NG33 4 |
| Police | Lincolnshire |
| Fire | Lincolnshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Grantham and Stamford |
| List of places: UK • England • Lincolnshire | |
Swayfield is a small village of approximately 138 houses situated just off the A1 in South Kesteven, southern Lincolnshire, England.
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The village is eight miles from Bourne (via the A151), twelve miles from Grantham (via the B1176), fifteen miles from Stamford (via the B1176) and sixteen miles from Oakham. The village is only three miles from the county boundary with Rutland, at the point near Stocken (HM Prison). The road to the west towards Lobthorpe is Overgate Road. To the east adjacent to the village is the East Coast Main Line.
Adjacent villages include Castle Bytham, Corby Glen, Swinstead, Creeton and Lobthorpe.
The village church, St Nicholas, is on the edge of the village along Church Lane and is part of the Corby Glen group of churches in the Beltisloe Deanery, led by The Revd Margaret Ann Edith BARTON. There is no priest in the village, but there is a Lay reader.
A modern village hall was built in 1999.[1]
A Deserted Medieval Village has been identified nearby, probably the vill of Sudwelle.[2][3] Traces of earlier settlements in the form of Barrow burials have also been suggested.[4]
The village is reputed to have been a site for signalling beacons at the time of the Spanish Armada and a modern fire-basket stands in the village, erected for 400th anniversary in 1988.
The village was described thus in 1848:[5]
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 the village was host to a couple of dummy airfields, remains of which can still be discerned.[6]
The village pub is the Royal Oak on High Street. It has recently re-opened after refurbishment, and provides 5 bedrooms in a separate accommodation block.