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"SWAFIELD, near the source of the river Ant, 2 miles N. of North Walsham, has in its parish 167 souls, and 817 acres of land, belonging to a number of proprietors, . . . About 200 acres belong to the Clergymen's Widows' Fund. The Church (St. Nicholas,) stands on a lofty eminence, . . . The living is a discharged rectory valued in the King's Book at £6, in the gift of the Queen, as Duchess of Lancaster, and incumbency of the Rev. John Colman. The tithes were commuted in 1842 for £220 per annum. The Church Land is 2½ acres." [William White History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (1845) - Transcription copyright © Pat Newby]
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- Rye, Walter
- Copies of the Inscriptions in the Churches of Swafield and Edingthorpe, and the Churchyards of Edingthorpe, Acle, Stokesby, and Hoveton St John.
[The Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany, vol 2, part 2, Norwich, A.H. Goose, 1883]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Cemeteries
- 1891: Surname List (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Censuses
- In 1883 the parish was in the Deanery of Waxham, in the archdeaconry of Norfolk.
It could have been in a different deanery or archdeaconry both before and after this date. - The parish church is dedicated to St Nicholas.
- Archdeacons' Transcripts
- Baptisms 1725-1812, Marriages 1725-1811 and Burials 1725-1811.
[Parish Register Transcription Society, Dart Series, 2000?]
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Church Records
For the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1869 (and for the censuses in 1851 and 1861), Swafield was in Tunstead and Happing Registration District.
This district was renamed on 1st January 1870 and, from then until 1930, Swafield was in Smallburgh Registration District for civil registration and for the censuses of 1871 to 1901.
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
- 1854: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
- 1883: Kelly's Directory for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk (this is a link to an archived copy)
See also Norfolk Parish Links: Directories
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Swafield to another place.
Swafield is in Tunstead Hundred.
- Parish outline and location.
- See Parish Map for Tunstead Hundred
- Description of Tunstead Hundred
- 1845: White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TG287323 (Lat/Lon: 52.839225, 1.394918), Swafield which are provided by:
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- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- In 1785 Swafield became part of the Tunstead and Happing Incorporation, and the workhouse was at Smallburgh.
- In 1869 the incorporation became the Smallburgh Union.