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Swallowfield

Swallowfield
Swallowfield, Berks - geograph.org.uk - 189.jpg
All Saints' parish church
Swallowfield is located in Berkshire
Swallowfield
Swallowfield
Swallowfield shown within Berkshire
Population 1,961 (2001 Census)
1,971 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference SU7264
Civil parish
  • Swallowfield
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Reading
Postcode district RG7
Dialling code 0118
Police Thames Valley
Fire Royal Berkshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Berkshire
51°22′41″N 0°57′32″W / 51.378°N 0.959°W / 51.378; -0.959Coordinates: 51°22′41″N 0°57′32″W / 51.378°N 0.959°W / 51.378; -0.959

Swallowfield is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Reading, and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the county boundary with Hampshire.


The civil parish of Swallowfield also includes the nearby villages of Riseley and Farley Hill, and is in turn is within the Borough of Wokingham.

Swallowfield has a site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the south western edge of the village of the village, called Stanford End Mill and River Loddon


Swallowfield Park is a stately home situated in an estate half a mile north east of the village. The current mansion has been converted into exclusive apartments.

Swallowfield has been the home of a number of famous persons including Thomas 'Diamond' Pitt, the Governor of Fort St. George;William Backhouse, the Rosicrucian philosopher;Henry Hyde, 2nd Earl of Clarendon; and, in his childhood, Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon. The 19th century author Mary Russell Mitford retired to the village and is buried in the churchyard.



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