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Swarby
Village and former civil parish in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Swarby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Aswarby and Swarby, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, approximately 3 miles (5 km) south-southwest of Sleaford, 900 yards (820 m) west of the A15 road and 1 mile (1.6 km) to the northwest of Aswarby. In 1921 the parish had a population of 141.[1] On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Aswarby and Swarby".[2]
The village name is Scandinavian in origin, and comes from the Old Norse for a farmstead or village of a person named 'Svarri'.[3][4]
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and All Saints and is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 13th century. It was restored in 1886 and the south aisle dates from the same time. The west tower is 15th-century. On the north wall of the chancel is a rectangular ashlar wall plaque to Anthony Williams who died in 1681.[5]
Swarby CE School was built in 1859, and closed in 1971.[6]
A tornado swept through the village on 28 June 2012. It uprooted many trees, lifted a trampoline hundreds of feet and caused a garage roof to collapse while removing tiles from houses.[7]
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Notable people
The entertainer Joe Brown was born at Swarby on 13 May 1941.[8] Despite being referred to as a Cockney, Brown is a Lincolnshire Yellowbelly.
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