Swefling, Suffolk

Historical Description

Swefling, a parish, with a village, in Suffolk, 2½ miles W by N of Saxmundham station on the Ipswich and Lowestoft section of the G.E.R., with a post office under Saxmundham; money order and telegraph office, Saxmundham. Acreage, 1136; population, 282. There are parts of several manors. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich; net value, £245 with residence. The church is a plain building of flint in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, and a western embattled tower. The S porch is curiously ornamented with freestone sculpture.

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 Swefling from the following:

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

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Suffolk is available to browse.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Suffolk papers online:

• The Ipswich Journal
• East Suffolk Mercury and Lowestoft Weekly News
• Bury and Norwich Post
• Bury Free Press