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Swinbrook is a village on the River Windrush, about 2 miles (3 km) east of Burford in Oxfordshire, England. The village is in the civil parish of Swinbrook and Widford. Widford is a hamlet about 0.5 miles (800 m) west of Swinbrook. The 2011 Census recorded Swinbrook and Widford's parish population as 139.[1]

Swinbrook
St. Mary the Virgin parish church
Swinbrook Location within Oxfordshire
Population	139 (parish, with Widford) (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SP2812
Civil parish	Swinbrook and Widford
District	West Oxfordshire
Shire county	Oxfordshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Burford
Postcode district	OX18
Dialling code	01993
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Oxfordshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Witney
List of places UK England Oxfordshire 51.807°N 1.594°W / 51.807; -1.594

History

The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary the Virgin dates from about 1200.[2] Its unusual open-sided bell-tower was added in 1822.[2] The church is noted for its 17th-century Fettiplace monuments.[3] That of 1686 was carved by William Bird of Oxford.[4] St Mary's also has a monument to the officers and men of the Royal Navy submarine HMS P514, and especially its commander, Lieutenant W.A. Phillimore, whose parents lived at Swinbrook. In 1942 P514 failed to identify herself to the Royal Canadian Navy minesweeper HMCS Georgian. The Canadian ship therefore assumed the submarine to be an enemy vessel and rammed P514, sinking her with the loss of all hands.

In 1926 David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale had Swinbrook House built 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the village.[5] Four of his six daughters (the "Mitford sisters") are buried in the parish churchyard: Nancy, Unity, and Diana are buried side by side, while Pamela is buried northwest of the tower.[6] There is a tablet in the church commemorating their only brother, Tom, killed in March 1945 in Burma. Swinbrook Cricket Club[7] has two teams. They play in division 5 and 10 respectively of the Oxfordshire Cricket Association.[8]

References

Sources and further reading

• Case, Humphrey (1958). "Swinbrook, Oxon". Oxoniensia. Oxford Architectural and Historical Society. XXIII: 138.
• Hinton, David A. (1971). "Medieval Pottery from Swinbrook, Oxon". Oxoniensia. Oxford Architectural and Historical Society. XXXVI: 107–110.
• Ottewell, Gordon (1999). Literary strolls around the Cotswolds and the Forest of Dean. Wilmslow: Sigma Leisure. p. 71. ISBN 1-85058-687-X.
• Pearson, Lynn F (2004). Discovering Famous Graves. Oxford: Shire Publications. p. 93. ISBN 0747806195.
• Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 799–800. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.

External links

Media related to Swinbrook at Wikimedia Commons

• Google 360° panorama of the chancel of St Mary the Virgin parish church, showing the Fettiplace monuments

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