Swinbrook

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title: "Swinbrook" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-oxfordshire", "cotswolds", "former-civil-parishes-in-oxfordshire", "west-oxfordshire-district"] description: "Village in Oxfordshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-oxfordshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinbrook" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Oxfordshire, England ::

::data[format=table title="infobox UK place"]

Field	Value
official_name	Swinbrook
static_image_name	St. Mary's, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire.jpg
static_image_caption	St Mary the Virgin parish church
label_position	top
coordinates
os_grid_reference	SP2812
population	139
population_ref	(parish, with Widford) (2011 Census)
civil_parish	Swinbrook and Widford
shire_district	West Oxfordshire
shire_county	Oxfordshire
region	South East England
country	England
post_town	Burford
postcode_district	OX18
postcode_area	OX
dial_code	01993
constituency_westminster	Witney
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Swinbrook is a village in the civil parish of Swinbrook and Widford, in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It is on the River Windrush, about 2 mi east of Burford. Widford is a hamlet about 0.5 mi west of Swinbrook. The 2011 Census recorded the population of Swinbrook and Widford as 139.

History

The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin dates from about 1200. Its unusual open-sided bell-tower was added in 1822. The church is noted for its 17th-century Fettiplace monuments; that of 1686 was carved by William Bird of Oxford. St Mary's also has a monument to the officers and men of the Royal Navy submarine HMS P514, and especially its commander, Lieutenant W. A. Phillimore, whose parents lived at Swinbrook. In 1942 P514 failed to identify herself to the Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper . The Canadian ship therefore assumed the submarine to be an enemy vessel and rammed P514, sinking her with the loss of all hands.

In 1926, David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale had Swinbrook House rebuilt 1.5 mi north of the village. Four of his six daughters (the "Mitford sisters") are buried in the parish churchyard: Nancy, Unity, and Diana are buried side by side, while Pamela is buried northwest of the tower. There is a tablet in the church commemorating their only brother, Tom, killed in March 1945 in Burma. Max Mosley, son of Diana, is also buried in the churchyard.

Swinbrook was an ancient parish. In 1932 the parish was merged with Widford to form a new civil parish called Swinbrook and Widford, subject to some adjustment to the boundaries with the neighbouring parishes of Shilton and Asthal. At the 1931 census (the last before the abolition of the parish), Swinbrook had a population of 173.

Amenities

Swinbrook Cricket Club has two teams. They play in division 5 and 10 respectively of the Oxfordshire Cricket Association. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Fettiplace_monuments,Swinbrook_Church(Nancy).jpg" caption="One of the Fettiplace monuments in St Mary the Virgin parish church"] ::

References

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Swinbrook_StMaryV_MonumentPhillimore.JPG" caption="HMS ''P514'']] monument in St Mary the Virgin Church. ''Quam Dilectus'' translates as 'How beloved'."] ::

References

1. "Area: Swinbrook and Widford (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". [[Office for National Statistics]].
2. dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis
3. "Witney Registration District". UKBMD.
4. "Population statistics Swinbrook AP/CP through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
5. [http://swinbrook.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp Swinbrook Cricket Club] {{Webarchive. link. (18 July 2012)
6. [http://www.oxfordshirecricketassociation.org.uk/tables/tables.asp?Division=5 Oxfordshire Cricket Association]

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