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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. On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Aswarby and Swarby".
The village name is Scandinavian in origin, and comes from the Old Norse for a farmstead or village of a person named 'Svarri'.
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.
Swarby CE School was built in 1859, and closed in 1971.
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.
Notable people
The entertainer Joe Brown was born at Swarby on 13 May 1941. Despite being referred to as a Cockney, Brown is a Lincolnshire Yellowbelly.
References
External links
Media related to Swarby at Wikimedia Commons
"Swarby", Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2012
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- Swarby
- Joe Brown (musician)
- Aswarby
- Aswarby and Swarby
- List of places in Lincolnshire
- Sleaford
- List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1795
- A15 road (England)
- List of poor law unions in England
- List of European tornadoes in 2012
