Swinstead
Swinstead | |
Swinstead village |
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Swinstead |
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Population | 234 (2011) |
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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 |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | Grantham and Stamford |
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Coordinates: 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]
Swinstead parish church is dedicated to St Mary. The village has a public house, but the nearest amenities are 2 miles (3.2 km) away at Corby Glen. Adjacent villages include Creeton, Swayfield and Grimsthorpe.
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
External links
- Media related to Swinstead at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic England. "Tower Farm (520867)". 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
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