In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swefling like this:
SWEFLING, a parish, with a village, in Plomesgate district, Suffolk; 2½ miles W by N of Saxmundham r. station. Post town, Saxmundham. Acres, 1,120. Real property, £1,980. Pop., 318. Houses, 70. There are parts of several manors. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £262.* Patron, T. Williams, Esq. The church is plain Norman. Charities, £20.
Swefling through time
Swefling is now part of Suffolk Coastal district. Click here for graphs and data of how Suffolk Coastal has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swefling itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swefling in Suffolk Coastal | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7774
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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