Place:Swaythling, Hampshire, England

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NameSwaythling
TypeCivil parish, Suburb
Coordinates50.94°N 1.38°W
Located inHampshire, England     (1932 - )
See alsoSouth Stoneham, Hampshire, Englandparish of which it was part until 1932
Southampton, Hampshire, Englandcounty borough and district municipality into which it was absorbed in 1932
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Swaythling is a suburb and electoral ward of the city of Southampton in Hampshire, England. Swaythling is a northern suburban district and borders (clockwise from south) Portswood, Bassett in the former parish of North Stoneham, Eastleigh and Mansbridge. Predominantly low-lying in terms of elevation, the ward boundary to the east is defined by Monks Brook and the Itchen River. The northern section of the Swaythling district is bisected in part by the M27 motorway. The ward has a population of 13,664.

Swaythling originally formed part of the parish of South Stoneham, which encompassed Eastleigh and almost all of the land between Swaythling and the Bargate, in Southampton City Centre. The parish church was St. Mary's; the present building is one of Southampton's two medieval churches. Swaythling became part of Southampton in 1932.

South Stoneham House was built in 1708 for the Surveyor of the Navy, Edmund Dummer (1651-1713), and is attributed to Nicholas Hawksmoor. The grounds were laid out after 1772 by Capability Brown.

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Research Tips

  • Victoria County History of Hampshire, volume 3, chapter on South Stoneham and, possibly, the following two chapters on Southampton.
  • GENUKI has a list of archive holders in Hampshire including the Hampshire Record Office, various museums in Portsmouth and Southhampton, the Isle of Wight Record Office and Archives.
  • The Hampshire Online Parish Clerk project has a large collection of transcriptions from Parish Registers across Hampshire.
  • A listing of all the Registration Districts in England and Wales since their introduction in 1837 together with tables listing the parishes that were part of each district and the time period covered, along with detailed notes on changes of parish name, mergers, etc. Do respect the copyright on this material.
  • The three-storey City Museum in Winchester covers the Iron Age and Roman periods, the Middle Ages, and the Victorian period.
  • Volumes in The Victoria County History Series are available for Hampshire through British History Online. There are three volumes and the county is covered by parishes within the old divisions of "hundreds".
A collection of maps on the A Vision of Britain through Time website illustrating the English county of Hampshire over the period 1832-1932 (the last two are expandible):
  • A group of maps of the post-1974 municipal districts or boroughs of Hampshire on Wikipedia Commons
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