Swinstead
Swinstead is both a village and parish which lies just east of the A1 trunk road and south of the A151, 2 miles southeast of Corby. The West Glen River runs along the west boundary of the parish.
If you are planning a visit:
- The parish was in the Corby sub-district of the Bourne Registration District.
- Check our Census Resource page for county-wide resources.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
Year |
Piece No. |
| 1841 |
H.O. 107 / 622 |
| 1851 |
H.O. 107 / 2095 |
| 1861 |
R.G. 9 / 2315 |
| 1871 |
R.G. 10 / 3311 |
| 1891 |
R.G. 12 / 2555 |
- The Anglican church is dedicated to Saint Mary.
- The church is built of stone. It was restored in 1854.
- Tim HEATON has a photogrph of the Church of St. Mary on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2006.
- Here is a photo of St. Mary's Church, taken by Ron COLE (who retains the copyright):
- Anglican parish registers exist from 1565, although are only deposited for the period 1733 - 1934.
- The parish of Swinstead lies in the Beltisloe Deanery, for which marriage indexes exist.
- There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the parish. For information and assistance in researching this church, see our non-conformist religions page.
- Check our Church Records page for county-wide resources.
- The parish was in the Corby sub-district of the Bourne Registration District.
- Check our Civil Registration page for sources and background on Civil Registration starting in July 1837.
- The national grid reference is TF 0122.
- You'll want an Ordnance Survey Explorer map, which has a scale of 2.5 inches to the mile.
- See our Maps page for resources.
- The Royal Flying Corps established an emergency landing field here in the Great War, but no flight operations were conducted from this field.
There is one Commonwealth War Grave listed for the churchyard in the CWGC database:
- William PORTER, priv., 14th Btn. Training Reserve, age 18, died 1 Mar. 1917. Son of Ebenezer J. and Alice PORTER of Swinstead.
- The name derives from the Old English Swin+ham+stede or "homestead where pigs are kept," and is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as Suinhamstede.
[A. D. Mills, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991].
- This place was an ancient parish in county Lincoln and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- The parish was in the ancient Beltisloe Wapentake in the South Kesteven district in the parts of Kesteven.
- You can contact the local Parish Council concerning civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist you with family history searches.
- For today's district governance, contact the South Kesteven District Council.
- Bastardy cases were heard in the Bourne petty session hearings held on Mondays.
- The Common Lands were enclosed here in July of 1778.
- As a result of the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act, the parish became part of the Bourne Poor Law Union.
Returns from 1086 are from the Domesday Book. 1991 is an estimate.
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1086 |
185 |
| 1801 |
306 |
| 1831 |
402 |
| 1841 |
451 |
| 1871 |
358 |
| 1881 |
349 |
| 1891 |
343 |
| 1901 |
309 |
| 1911 |
299 |
| 1991 |
246 |
- A Public Elementary School was built here before 1900 to hold 90 children. In 1911, attendance was 60 students.
- For more on researching school records, see our Schools Research page.
Last updated on 12-October-2013
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