Swinstead

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title: "Swinstead" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-lincolnshire", "civil-parishes-in-lincolnshire", "south-kesteven-district"] description: "Village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England" topic_path: "general/villages-in-lincolnshire" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinstead" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England ::

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

Field	Value
static_image_name	Swinstead - geograph.org.uk - 106113.jpg
static_image_caption	Swinstead village
country	England
official_name	Swinstead
coordinates
population	234
population_ref	(2011)
shire_district	South Kesteven
shire_county	Lincolnshire
region	East Midlands
constituency_westminster	Grantham and Stamford
post_town	GRANTHAM
postcode_district	NG33
postcode_area	NG
os_grid_reference	TF017224
london_distance_mi	90
london_direction	S
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| static_image_name= Swinstead - geograph.org.uk - 106113.jpg | static_image_alt= | static_image_caption= Swinstead village | country = England | official_name= Swinstead | map_alt= | coordinates = | population= 234 | population_ref= (2011) | shire_district= South Kesteven | shire_county = Lincolnshire | region= East Midlands | constituency_westminster= Grantham and Stamford | post_town= GRANTHAM | postcode_district = NG33 | postcode_area= NG | dial_code= | os_grid_reference= TF017224 | london_distance_mi= 90 | london_direction= S

Swinstead is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5 mi west from Bourne, 9 mi north from Stamford and 11 mi 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.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Church_of_St_Mary,Swinstead-geograph.org.uk-_106117.jpg" caption="St Mary's church, Swinstead"] ::

Swinstead parish church is dedicated to St Mary. The village's last public house closed in 2008, and the nearest amenities are 2 mi away at Corby Glen. Adjacent villages include Creeton, Swayfield and Grimsthorpe.

England international footballer Beaumont Jarrett was vicar of Swinstead from 1883 to 1895.

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.

References

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
2. {{acad. JRT873BG
3. 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.

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