Swingfield, Kent

Historical Description

Swingfield, a parish, with a village, in Kent, 4 miles from Kearsney station on the L.C. & D.R., and 5 N of Folkestone. Post town, Canterbury. Acreage, 2639; population, 390. There is a parish council consisting of five members. A preceptory of the Knights of St John was founded here in the time of Henry II., and has left interesting remains. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Hawkinge, in the diocese of Canterbury; gross value, £60. The church is good, and was restored in 1889. There is a Bible Christian chapel. Bishop Richard de Swingfield, who died in 1316, was a native.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Swingfield from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Swingfield (St. Peter))

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:

• Kent & Sussex Courier
• Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
• Dover Express
• Kentish Gazette
• Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
• Kentish Chronicle
• Maidstone Telegraph

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.