Swinstead

Swinstead
Swinstead
	; Swinstead village
	Swinstead Location within Lincolnshire
Population	234 (2011)
OS grid reference	TF017224
• London	90 mi (140 km) S
District	South Kesteven;
Shire county	Lincolnshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GRANTHAM
Postcode district	NG33
Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Grantham and Stamford;
	List of places UK England Lincolnshire 52°47′26″N 0°29′32″W / 52.790470°N 0.492239°WCoordinates: 52°47′26″N 0°29′32″W / 52.790470°N 0.492239°W

Swinstead is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 5 miles (8.0 km) west from Bourne, 9 miles (14.5 km) north from Stamford and 11 miles (17.7 km) 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.^[1]

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 miles (3.2 km) away at Corby Glen. Adjacent villages include Creeton, Swayfield and Grimsthorpe.

In William Shakespeare's King John, King John stayed in "Swinsted Abbey", but it is Swineshead Abbey that he stayed: this confusion was common in late-sixteenth century texts, for Swinstead is about 25 miles from Swineshead.^[2]

References[]

^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
^ 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.

External links[]

Media related to Swinstead at Wikimedia Commons
Historic England. "Tower Farm (520867)". Research records (formerly PastScape). (alternatively Swinstead Old Hall), a 19th-century farm and farm buildings, to the west on the Grimsthorpe Estate.
Bourne & Heckington (Map) (3 ed.). 1:25000. OS Explorer Map. OSGB. 2006. § 248. ISBN 978-0-319-23811-0. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
"Swinstead", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2012
Swinstead – aerial view

[1] "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

[2] 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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Swinstead
Swinstead village
Swinstead Location within Lincolnshire
Population	234 (2011)
OS grid reference	TF017224
• London	90 mi (140 km) S
District	South Kesteven
Shire county	Lincolnshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GRANTHAM
Postcode district	NG33

Police	Lincolnshire
Fire	Lincolnshire
Ambulance	East Midlands

UK Parliament	Grantham and Stamford
List of places UK England Lincolnshire 52°47′26″N 0°29′32″W / 52.790470°N 0.492239°W / 52.790470; -0.492239Coordinates: 52°47′26″N 0°29′32″W / 52.790470°N 0.492239°W / 52.790470; -0.492239