In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swallow like this:
SWALLOW, a parish in Caistor district, Lincoln; 4 miles E by N of Caistor, and 6½ ENE of Moortown r. station. Post town, Caistor. Acres, 2,790. Real property, £3,657. Pop., 239. Houses, 41. The manor belongs to the Earl of Yarborough. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £450.* Patron, the Earl of Yarborough. The church is Norman. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Swallow through time
Swallow is now part of West Lindsey district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Lindsey has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swallow itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swallow, in West Lindsey and Lincolnshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13897
Date accessed: 23rd May 2024
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