Swinstead | |
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![]() Swinstead village | |
Location within Lincolnshire | |
Population | 234 (2011) |
OS grid reference | TF017224 |
• London | 90 mi (140 km) S |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GRANTHAM |
Postcode district | NG33 |
Police | Lincolnshire |
Fire | Lincolnshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Swinstead is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5 miles (8.0 km) west from Bourne, 9 miles (14.5 km) north from Stamford and 11 miles (17.7 km) south-east from Grantham. It is a village of just over 100 households, the population of the civil parish being measured at 234 in the 2011 census.[1]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Church_of_St_Mary%2C_Swinstead_-_geograph.org.uk_-_106117.jpg/220px-Church_of_St_Mary%2C_Swinstead_-_geograph.org.uk_-_106117.jpg)
Swinstead parish church is dedicated to St Mary. The village's last public house closed in 2008, and the nearest amenities are 2 miles (3.2 km) away at Corby Glen. Adjacent villages include Creeton, Swayfield and Grimsthorpe.
England international footballer Beaumont Jarrett was vicar of Swinstead from 1883 to 1895.[2]
In William Shakespeare's King John, King John stayed in "Swinsted Abbey", but it is Swineshead Abbey that he stayed in: this confusion was common in late-sixteenth century texts, for Swinstead is about 25 miles from Swineshead.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ "Beaumont Jarrett (JRT873BG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ William Shakespeare, King John, the Arden Shakespeare 3rd Series, ed. Jesse M. lander and J.J.M. Tobin, Arden Shakespeare, 2019, p. 313, note 8.
External links
[edit]Media related to Swinstead at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic England. "Tower Farm (520867)". Research records (formerly PastScape). (alternatively Swinstead Old Hall), a 19th-century farm and farm buildings, to the west on the Grimsthorpe Estate.
- Bourne & Heckington (Map) (3 ed.). 1:25000. OS Explorer Map. OSGB. 2006. § 248. ISBN 978-0-319-23811-0. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
- "Swinstead", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2012
- Swinstead – aerial view