Swavesey

Other current and historical names

Swasey
Suavesy
Suavesye

Built-Up Area: Swavesey
Parish/Community: Swavesey
District/Borough: South Cambridgeshire
County: Cambridgeshire
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°18'4"N 0°0'16"W
Eastings/Northings: 536162, 268887
OS Grid: TL361688
Mapcode Local: GBR K4M.RNF
Mapcode Global: VHGM5.VFY7

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Swavesey within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Swavesey in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Swavesey, par. and vil. with ry. sta., on W. border of Cambridgeshire - par., 3891 ac., pop. 1171; vil., 3½ m. SE. of St Ives and 9 NW. of Cambridge; P.O., T.O.

Swavesey in the Domesday Book

A village in Papworth hundred, in the county of Cambridgeshire.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Edeva the fair
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count Alan
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count Alan
- Taxable Value: 13 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £18 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £16 in 1086
- Households: 10 villagers; 19 smallholders; 17 cottagers; 8 freemen; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 10 men's ploughs (14 plough lands)
- Meadow: 14 ploughs
- Mills: 1, value £2
- Other resources: 2 fisheries
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Earl Waltheof
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Leofsi
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Gernon
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Picot of Cambridge (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 5 shillings in 1070; 5 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 smallholders
- Meadow: 1 plough
3rd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Ulf Fenman
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert of Ghent
- Taxable Value: 1 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 3 smallholders; 2 cottagers

British Place Names

Swavesey, Cambridgeshire

Swavesey is a village in Cambridgeshire

Swavesey in historic gazetteers

Swavesey in the Domesday Book