Swinbrook

Coordinates: 51°49′N 1°35′W / 51.81°N 1.59°W / 51.81; -1.59

Swinbrook
Swinbrook  Swinbrook shown within Oxfordshire
OS grid reference	SP2812
Parish	Swinbrook and Widford
District	West Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Burford
Postcode district	OX18
Dialling code	01993
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
European Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Witney
List of places: UK • England • Oxfordshire

Swinbrook is a village on the River Windrush, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Burford in Oxfordshire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Swinbrook and Widford.

History

Fettiplace monuments in the parish church or Saint Mary

The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary dates from about 1200.^[1] Its unusual open-sided bell-tower was added in 1822.^[1] The church is noted for its 17th century Fettiplace monuments.^[2]

David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale had Swinbrook House built 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the village.^[3] Four of his six daughters are buried in the village graveyard: the novelist Nancy Mitford and her sisters Unity, Diana and Pamela.

Swinbrook Cricket Club^[4] have two teams who play in division 5 and 10 respectively of the Oxfordshire Cricket Association.^[5]

Sources

• Ottewell, Gordon (1999). Literary strolls around the Cotswolds and the Forest of Dean. Wilmslow: Sigma Leisure. p. 71. ISBN 185058687X. 
• Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 799-800. ISBN 0 14 071045 0. 

References

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