Swineshead, Lincolnshire

Swineshead is a village in Lincolnshire, England, around 7 miles west of Boston.

Administration

It is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston in the county of Lincolnshire, England. The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganization of April 1 1974, which resulted from the Local Government Act 1972. This parish forms part of the Swineshead and Holland Fen electoral ward.

Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the Parts of Holland. Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as "parts") of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of 1888, Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself.

Cistercian Monastery

Swineshead abbey was founded in 1135 from Savigniacs. In 1147 it was converted to a cistercian monastery. In 1536 it was dissolved and the building of a private house and a park in 1607 destroyed the last marks of the monastery.

Herbert Ingram

It is the birthplace of Herbert Ingram, founder of the Illustrated London News and MP for Boston, who was instrumental in bringing the railways and fresh piped water to the town.

ee also

Swineshead Bridge

External links

*See [http://www.swineshead-lincspc.org]
* [http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/genealogyjunction/Lincolnshire/Swineshead%20War%20Memorial.shtml Swineshead War Memorial]
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