Sywell

Other current and historical names

Snewelle

Parish/Community: Sywell
District/Borough: Wellingborough
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°17'49"N 0°47'44"W
Eastings/Northings: 482230, 267225
OS Grid: SP822672
Mapcode Local: GBR CWY.X8T
Mapcode Global: VHDRV.5J7G

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

Sywell in historic gazetteers

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

Sywell, par. and vil., Northamptonshire, 5 miles W. of Wellingborough, 2031 ac., pop. 236.

Sywell in the Domesday Book

A village in Hamfordshoe hundred, in the county of Northamptonshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Osmund son of Leofric
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Count of Mortain
- Taxable Value: 4 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 in 1066; £6 in 1086
- Households: 18 villagers; 2 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 3 men's ploughs (10 plough lands)
- Meadow: 20 acres

British Place Names

Sywell, Northamptonshire

Sywell is a village in Northamptonshire

Sywell in historic gazetteers

Sywell in the Domesday Book