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Rh SWA1NSWICK. 597 SWANBOURNE. yard, co. Norfolk, 5 milea S.W. of Norwich, its post town. It is a station on the Great Eastern railway. The village is situated on a branch of the river Yare. The Henstead union pool-house is in this parish. The living consists of the reels, of 8t. Mary and St. Peter, with that of Newton-Flotman, in the dioc. of Norwich, joint val. 422. The church ia dedicated to St. Peter. There was formerly another church, dedicated to St. Mary, which was taken down at the Reformation. The register dates from 1588. The parochial charities produce about 1 per annum. There is a village school. SWAINSWICK, a par. in the hund. of Bath-Forum, co. Somerset, 3 miles N.E. of Bath, its post town. The village is small, but neatly built. There is a corn mill. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Bath and Wells, val. 220, in the patron, of Oriel College, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure with a tower and six hells. The interior contains a brass to E. Forde, bearing date 1439, and the tomb of Prynne. The parochial charities produce about i per annum. There is a parochial school for both sexes, at which a Sunday-school is also held. SWAITH, a hmlt. in the chplry. of Worsbrough, West Riding co. York, 2 miles 8. of Barnsley. SWALCLIFFE, a par. in the hunds. of Banbury, Bloxham, and Dorchester, co. Oxford, 5J miles S.W. of Banbury, and 23 N.W. of Oxford. The par., which is largo, includes the chplrys. of Epwell, Shutford, and Sibford- Ferris. The Warwickshire hounds meet in this parish. In the vicinity is Madmason camp. The living is a rect." in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 292. The church is dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul. There are chapels-of-ease at Epwell and East Shutford, and a district church at Sibford. The parochial charities pro- duce about 184 per annum. SWALE, a tributary of the river Ure, rises in two heads, called Great and Little Steddale becks, on the Westmoreland and Yorkshire border, under Shnnner Fells, and after a course of 60 miles joins the TJre at Boroughbridge. SWALE, a channel or tidal river separating the Isles of Sheppey, Elmley, and Harty, from the mainland of co. Kent. It extends about 17 miles in length, with a varying breadth of from half a mile to 1J mile, and anciently joined the Wantsum channel, which formed the shortest passage from the Downs to the port of London, but which is now dry. SWALECL1FF, a par. in the hund. of Bleangate, lathe of St. Augustine, co. Kent, 7 miles N. of Canter- bury, its post town, and 2 E. of Whitstable. The village is a coastguard station, situated on the Thames at the East Swale's mouth. The village is interesting as having been once the residence of William of Wykeham, whose mantelpiece is preserved in the old parsonage house. The living is a rect. * in the dioc. of Canterbury, val. 292. The church, dedicated to St. John the Bap- tist, contains monuments to the families of Loggin, Duncombe, and Wykeham. There is an endowed school for ten free scholars. SWALLOW, a par. in the hund. of Bradley-Haver- stoe, parts of Lindsey, co. Lincoln, 4 miles N.E. of Caistor, its post town, and 8 S.W. of Great Grimsby. The village is situated in the Wolds. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 408. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is an ancient structure with a tower. The register dates from 1672. There is a school for both sexes, erected at the expense of the Earl of Yarborough, who is lord of the manor. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel. SWALLOWBECK, a hmlt. in the par. of Skelling- thorpe, co. Lincoln, 4 miles W. of Lincoln. SWALLOWCLIFFE, a par. in the hund. of Dun- worth, co. Wilts, 12 miles S.W. of Salisbury, its post town, and 8 N.E. of Shaftesbury. The village is situated under Sheet Hill, and on the road from Salisbury to Slml'tosbury. There are quarries of building stone. The living is a perpet. cur." in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 80, in the patron, of the bishop. The church, dedi- cated to St. Peter, has been rebuilt, with a tower and three bells. The register dates from 1738. The parochial charities produce about 20 per annum, realised from poors' land. There is a National school for the children of this parish and that of Anstrey. Middle Deam House is the principal residence. The Earl of Pembroke is lord of the manor. SWALLOWFIELD, a par. in the hunds. of Charlton and Amesbury, co. Berks, formerly in Wilts, 5 miles S.E. of Reading, and 5 S.W. of Wokingham. The village, which is considerable, is situated at the con- fluence of tho river Blaekwater with the Loddon. The principal residence is Swallowfield Place, where Lord Chancellor Clarendon, after his retirement from office, wrote " The History of the Rebellion." Tho Bramshill hounds meet here. The living is a perpet. cur. in tho dioc. of Oxford, val. 180, in the patron, of the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The parochial charities produce about 8 per annum. A fair is held on the 9th June. SWALLOWHILL, a hmlt. in the par. of Darton, West Riding co. York, 3 miles N.W. of Barnsley, on the Dearne and Dove canal. SWALLWELL, a tnshp. in the par. of Whickham, W. div. of Chester ward, co. Durham, 4 miles S.W. of Gateshead. It is situated on the Carlisle railway, at the confluence of the rivers Derwent and Tyne. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the ironworks of Messrs. Crawley, Millington, and Co., founded here in 1691 by Sir Ambrose Crawley, who was originally a blacksmith. William Shield, the musical composer, was born here in 1749. There are Church schools for children of both sexes, and a, sahool-room licensed for divine service. The Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Presbyterians have chapels. SWANAGE, a par., seaport, post, and market town in the hund. of Rowbarrow, South Blanford div. of co. Dorset,- 6 miles S.E. of Corfe Castle, and 11 S.E. of Wareham. It is called Sicanaicic in the Saxon chronicle, and Swanwie and Sonwie in Domesday survey. It is situated on Swanage Bay, is a sub-port to Poole, and is also a coastguard station and bathing place. Tho par. comprises the limits, of Herston and Ulwell, be- sides the town of its own name, containing in 1861 a population of 2,004. It formed part of Worth Matravers till 1500. The town principally consists of one street about a mile in length, containing many well- built houses of stone, with roofs of the same material. The width of the bay is about 2 miles, with from 5 to 8 fathoms of water, afibrding anchorage for vessels of 300 tons burthen. The principal occupation of the inha- bitants is in the quarrying of freestone, which has been worked for a considerable period under the name of Purbeck stone, and of which upwards of 20,000 tons are shipped annually. In the vicinity are several barrows and Druidical remains, and fossils and pyrites are frequently met with. At a short distance are tho ruins of Corfe Castle, where Edward the Martyr was assassinated, and which, during the civil war of Charles I., was partially destroyed by the parliamentary forces. Tho living is a rect." in the dioc. of Sarum, val. 555. The church, dedicated t. St. Mary, has recently been rebuilt, with the exception of its tower. There is a National school for both sexes. The Wesleyans and Independents have chapels. SWANBOROUGH, a hund. in co. Sussex, contains the pars, of St. Ann and St. John tho Baptist, South- over, Iford, and Kingston, comprising an area of 4,670 acres. SWANBOROUGH, a hund. in co. Wilts, con- tains the pars, of Allcannings, Alton-Barnes, Beeching Stoke, Charlton, Churton, Great and Little Cheverell, Hewish, East Lavington, Manningford - Abbots and Bruce, Marden, North Newnton, Rushall, St. Bernard Stanton, Upavon, Urchfont, Wilcott, Wilsford, Wood- borough, and part of Imber, comprising an area of 47,310 acres. 8WANBOURNE, a par. in the hund. of Cottesloe, co. Bucks, 2 miles E. of Winslow, its post town, and 9 N. of Aylesbury. It is a station on the Oxford and Bletcbley railway. Tho living is a vie." in the dioc. of