Swineshead

Other current and historical names

Swynshed
Suineshefet

Parish/Community: Swineshead
Unitary Authority: Bedford
Region: Eastern

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°16'49"N 0°27'4"W
Eastings/Northings: 505755, 265837
OS Grid: TL057658
Mapcode Local: GBR G08.SXC
Mapcode Global: VHFPH.4Y94

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

Swineshead in historic gazetteers

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

Swineshead.-- (or Swynshed), par., in SW. of Huntingdonshire, 3 miles SW. of Kimbolton, 1330 ac., pop. 240.

Swineshead in the Domesday Book

A village in Leightonstone hundred, in the county of Bedfordshire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Earl Harold
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: William of Warenne
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Eustace the sheriff (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 in 1086
- Households: 7 villagers; 5 smallholders; 1 freeman
- Meadow: 16 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Fursa
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Eustace the sheriff
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ralph (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: 15 shillings in 1066; 6 shillings in 1086
- Households: 1 villager
- Meadow: 3 acres
- Woodland: 1 mixed measure

British Place Names

Swineshead, Bedford

Swineshead is a village in Bedford

Swineshead in historic gazetteers

Swineshead in the Domesday Book