Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SWATON

SWATON, a parish, with a village, in Sleaford district, Lincoln; 4¼ miles S of Heckington r. station, and 5 NE by E of Falkingham. Post town, Falkingham. Acres, 3,670. Real property, £5,184. Pop., 297. Houses, 51. The manor belongs to the Rev. H. Lee Warner. The living is a vicarage, united with Spanby, in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £515.* Patron, Mrs. Ram. The church is old but good. There is a parochial school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Swaton AP/CP       Sleaford RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Swaton

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