Swarby

Swarby is a village and former civil parish 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. The village is part of the civil parish of Aswarby and Swarby which also includes the hamlet of Crofton.[1]

Swarby

St Mary and All Saints' Church, Swarby
Swarby
Location within Lincolnshire
OS grid referenceTF047406
• London100 mi (160 km) S
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSleaford
Postcode districtNG34
PoliceLincolnshire
FireLincolnshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament

The village name is Scandinavian in origin, and comes from the Old Norse for a farmstead or village of a person named 'Svarri'.[2][3]

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.[4]

Swarby CE School was built in 1859, and closed in 1971.[5]

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.[6]

Notable people

The entertainer Joe Brown was born at Swarby on 13 May 1941.[7] Despite being referred to as a Cockney, Brown is a Lincolnshire Yellowbelly.

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