In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swinford like this:
SWINFORD, a parish, with a village, in Lutterworth district, Leicester; 1½ mile NE of Lilbourne r. station, and 5 ENE of Rugby. It has a post-office under Rugby. Acres, 1,690. Real property, £3,531. Pop., 402. Houses, 104. The manor belongs to four ladies. A Roman settlement and a Knights Templars preceptory were here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £216. Patrons, the Co-Heiresses of the Braye peerage. The church is ancient. There are an Independent chapel, and a national school.
Swinford through time
Swinford is now part of Harborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Harborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swinford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swinford, in Harborough and Leicestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11313
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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