Swaby

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title: "Swaby" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-lincolnshire", "civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "east-lindsey-district", "sites-of-special-scientific-interest-in-lincolnshire"] description: "Village in Lincolnshire" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swaby" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Lincolnshire ::

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Field	Value
static_image_name	St.Nicholas, Swaby - geograph.org.uk - 428345.jpg
static_image_caption	St Nicholas's Church, Swaby
country	England
official_name	Swaby
coordinates
population	180
population_ref	(2011)
shire_district	East Lindsey
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Louth and Horncastle
post_town	Alford
postcode_district	LN13
postcode_area	LN
os_grid_reference	TF387775
london_distance_mi	125
london_direction	S
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|static_image_name = St.Nicholas, Swaby - geograph.org.uk - 428345.jpg |static_image_alt = |static_image_caption = St Nicholas's Church, Swaby |country = England |official_name = Swaby |map_alt = |coordinates = |population = 180 |population_ref = (2011) |shire_district = East Lindsey |shire_county = Lincolnshire |region = East Midlands |constituency_westminster = Louth and Horncastle |post_town = Alford |postcode_district = LN13 |postcode_area = LN |dial_code = |os_grid_reference = TF387775 |london_distance_mi = 125 |london_direction = S Swaby is a civil parish and village in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England, about 8 mi north from Spilsby, and 6 mi north-west from Alford. Whitepit is a hamlet half a mile west of the village.

History

Swaby is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as consisting of 21 households, 20 acre of meadow, 600 acre of woodland and two mills.

In 1934 a hoard of 178 silver denarii in a pot were found in the field called 'The Bog' at Swaby. Lincoln Museum acquired 162 of the coins, ranging from Marcus Antoninus and Nero to Hadrian. The remainder are in the British Museum.

The parish church is a Grade II listed building dedicated to Saint Nicholas. It was built in 1828 of red brick and has a small bell turret. Lucy Lyttelton Cameron, the children's author was buried here in 1858. An earlier church, dedicated to St Margaret, was removed by Henry Vane of Belleau manor around 1658. The site of the church is now a cottage garden.

Swaby CE School was built in 1857 as a National School; it closed in 1976.

The village hall occupies the site of the old Wesleyan Methodist chapel. The chapel was built in 1839, altered in 1866, and became a free Methodist chapel in 1869.

Special scientific interest

There is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Swaby, noted under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The reason for the designation: :"This glacial overflow valley supports floristically diverse lime-rich marsh and unimproved chalk turf. The marsh borders a stream bisecting the valley floor and the interest of the glassland is increased by the terraced nature of the slopes."

Population

|align = none | cols = 3 |title = Population of Swaby Civil Parish |1801|197 |1811|200 |1821|302 |1831|396 |1841|391 |1851|474 |1881|414 |1891|364 |1901|305 |1911|274 |1921|255 |1931|211 |1951|206 |1961|162 |2001|199 |2011|180

References

|North-west = Walmsgate, Burwell, Louth |North = Muckton, North Reston, South Cockerington |North-east = Belleau, Withern, Mablethorpe |West = Worlaby, Oxcombe, Wragby |Centre = Swaby |East = Aby with Greenfield, Thoresthorpe, Sutton-on-Sea |South-west = Ketsby, Tetford, Horncastle |South = Calceby, Driby, Partney |South-east = South Thoresby, Haugh, Chapel St Leonards

References

1. "Parish population 2011".
2. "Swaby". Anna Powell-Smith/University of Hull.
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5. Joanne Potier, "Cameron, Lucy Lyttelton (1781–1858)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/4450, accessed 26 August 2014.]
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7. "Swaby CE School". Lincolnshire Archives.
8. Jonathon Thacker. "Village Hall". Jonathon Thacker.
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10. "Swaby SSSI". Natural England.
11. "Vision of Britain".

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