Swarby

Village and former civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England

Human settlement in England

Aswarby and Swarby

District

North Kesteven

Shire county

Lincolnshire

Region

East Midlands

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSleafordPostcode districtNG34PoliceLincolnshireFire Lincolnshire Ambulance East Midlands UK Parliament

Sleaford and North Hykeham

List of places: UK; England; Lincolnshire

52°57′12″N 0°26′35″W / 52.953271°N 0.442943°W / 52.953271; -0.442943

Swarby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Aswarby and Swarby, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, approximately 3 miles (5 km) south-southwest of Sleaford, 900 yards (820 m) west of the A15 road and 1 mile (1.6 km) to the northwest of Aswarby. In 1921 the parish had a population of 141.^[1] On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Aswarby and Swarby".^[2]

The village name is Scandinavian in origin, and comes from the Old Norse for a farmstead or village of a person named 'Svarri'.^[3]^[4]

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and All Saints and is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 13th century. It was restored in 1886 and the south aisle dates from the same time. The west tower is 15th-century. On the north wall of the chancel is a rectangular ashlar wall plaque to Anthony Williams who died in 1681.^[5]

Swarby CE School was built in 1859, and closed in 1971.^[6]

A tornado swept through the village on 28 June 2012. It uprooted many trees, lifted a trampoline hundreds of feet and caused a garage roof to collapse while removing tiles from houses.^[7]

Notable people

The entertainer Joe Brown was born at Swarby on 13 May 1941.^[8] Despite being referred to as a Cockney, Brown is a Lincolnshire Yellowbelly.

References

^ "Population statistics Swarby AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "Relationships and changes Swarby AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
^ "Swarby", Key to English Place-names, University of Nottingham. Retrieved 7 February 2015
^ Mills, Anthony David (2011) [2003]. A Dictionary of British Place Names (revised ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-19-960908-6.
^ Historic England. "St Mary and All Saints, Swarby (1147542)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
^ "Swarby CE School". Lincs to the Past. Lincolnshire Archives. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
^ "Breaking News: tornado hits Sleaford area", Sleaford Standard, 29 June 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2013
^ Eder, Bruce; "Joe Brown", AllMusic. Retrieved 7 February 2015