Swallowfield

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title: "Swallowfield" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["swallowfield", "villages-in-berkshire", "civil-parishes-in-berkshire", "borough-of-wokingham"] topic_path: "general/swallowfield" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallowfield" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
static_image_name	Swallowfield,Berks-geograph.org.uk-_189.jpg
static_image_caption	All Saints' parish church
type	Village
country	England
official_name	Swallowfield
coordinates
population	1961
population_ref	(2001 Census)
1,971 (2011 Census)
civil_parish	Swallowfield
unitary_england	Wokingham
region	South East England
lieutenancy_england	Berkshire
constituency_westminster	Wokingham
post_town	Reading
postcode_area	RG
postcode_district	RG7
dial_code	0118
os_grid_reference	SU7264
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Swallowfield is a village and civil parish in the Wokingham district, in Berkshire, England, about 5 mi south of Reading, and 1 mi north of the county boundary with Hampshire. The civil parish of Swallowfield also includes the nearby villages of Riseley and Farley Hill. In 2011 the parish had a population of 1971.

Geography

Swallowfield has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the south western edge of the village, called Stanford End Mill and River Loddon The village has a local nature reserve called Swallowfield Meadow. Swallowfield Park is a stately home situated in an estate half a mile north east of the village. The current mansion has been converted into exclusive apartments.

Notable residents

Swallowfield has been the home of a number of famous persons including Thomas 'Diamond' Pitt, the Governor of Fort St. George; William Backhouse, the Rosicrucian philosopher; Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon; and, in his childhood, Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon. The 19th century author Mary Russell Mitford retired to the village and is buried in the churchyard.

References

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
2. [http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002963%27 Magic Map Application]
3. "Magic Map Application - Swallowfield Meadow". Magic.defra.gov.uk.
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