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"SWANNINGTON, a parish and scattered village, 3½ miles S.S.E. of Reepham, and 9 miles N.W. by W. of Norwich, has 358 inhabitants, and 1281 acres of land, exclusive of 100A. of common. J.C.B. Ogilvie, Esq., of London, owns a great part of the soil, and is lord of the manor, (fine arbitrary.) The Lawn, a neat mansion, . . . the seat of E. Bartell, Esq...The Church, (St. Margaret,) is a rectory, valued in the King's Book at £6. 5s. 11d., and consolidated with the vicarage of Wood Dalling, in the patronage of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and incumbency of the Rev. Fredk. Hildyard, M.A., who has here a neat residence; 13A. of glebe, and a yearly rent of £408, awarded in 1841, in lieu of tithes." [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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The name may also be spelled Swanington.
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- Mid-Norfolk Family History Society
- Memorial Inscriptions of the Church and Churchyard of St Margaret, Swannington.
[Mid-Norfolk Family History Society, 2009]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 1841: Surname List
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Sparham, in the archdeaconry of Norwich.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Margaret.
- Wortley, John Dixon
- Swanningon: its church, rectors and history.
[Norwich, 1927] - Church of St Margaret (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Description and picture.
- Church of St Margaret (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Margaret
- Description and pictures.
- Church of St Margaret
- Services, etc.
- Marriages
- These are not included in Boyd's Marriage Index or Phillimore's Marriage Registers.
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1930 (and for the censuses from 1851 to 1901), Swannington was in St Faith's Registration District.
- Swannington News
- News, events, newsletter, parish council, etc.
- Swannington (this is a link to an archived copy)
- History, church, school, maps, pictures, etc.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1864: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Swannington to another place.
Swannington is in Eynsford Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Eynsford Hundred
- Description of Eynsford Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- Inclosure
- See Brandiston
- Kelly, Geoffrey Ian
- Swannington Hall: A history.
[Typescript in Norwich Local Studies Library, 1988]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG135190 (Lat/Lon: 52.726884, 1.159829), Swannington which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- After 1834 Swannington became part of the St Faith's Union, and the workhouse was at Horsham St Faith.
These figures are from the population tables which were produced after the 10-yearly national censuses. The "Families" heading includes families and single occupiers.
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There may be more people living in detached parts of the parish (if there were any) and, if so, the number may or may not be included in the figures above. It is quite difficult to be sure from the population tables.
- 1861 Census
- "ST. FAITHS. The decrease of population in most of the parishes comprised in the District of St. Faiths is attributed to the migration of labourers and their families to the manufacturing districts."
- 1901 Census
- "Including Upgate."
- Swannington School (this is a link to an archived copy)
- Description, pictures, etc.