Swarby
- Not to be confused with Swaby
| Swarby | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary and All Saints' Church, Swarby | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF047406 |
| Location: | 52°57’12"N, 0°26’35"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Sleaford |
| Postcode: | NG34 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Kesteven |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Sleaford and North Hykeham |
Swarby is a village in Kesteven, the south-western part of Lincolnshire, approximately three miles south of Sleaford, 900 yards west of the A15 road and mile north-west of Aswarby.
The village name is Scandinavian in origin, and comes from the Old Norse for 'Svarri's farmstead'.[1][2]
The parish church is dedicated to St 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.[3]
Swarby CofE School was built in 1859, and closed in 1971.[4]
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.[5]
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References
- ↑ Swarby: 'Key to English Place-names' (University of Nottingham)
- ↑ Mills, Anthony David: 'A Dictionary of British Place-Names' (Oxford University Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-19-852758-9
- ↑ National Heritage List 1147542: St Mary and All Saints, Swarby (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Swarby CE: Lincs to the Past
- ↑ 'News: tornado hits Sleaford area;: Sleaford Standard, 29 June 2012