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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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Swinford AP/CP Lutterworth RegD/PLU Leicestershire AncC |
Place: | Swinford |
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