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WhiffingSiggs

WhiffingSiggs Report 26 Nov 2019 10:01

Does anyone know where to find information on Swallowfield, Berkshire ? At some point in time it was part of the Salisbury see and therefore considered to be in Wiltshire. I have ancestors from that area and don't know which county to search !! I suppose I need dates as to when it was part of Wiltshire as it is now firmly settled in Berkshire.

Researching:
Siggs of Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex and West London, Wise of North Hampshire, Wiltshire and North London and Aubrey/Whiting of South Wales/Herefordshire.

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 26 Nov 2019 10:28

Are you confusing Swallowfield with Swallowcliffe? Swallowcliffe is in Wiltshire.

Swallowfield was in Wokingham district until 1974 and is a good 30 miles from the edge of Wiltshire.

Rose

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I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!

greyghost

greyghost Report 26 Nov 2019 10:41

May find something here - from google

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/BRK/Swallowfield
"SWALLOWFIELD, a parish in the hundreds of Charlton and Amesbury, county Berks, formerly in Wilts, 5 miles S.E. of Reading, and 5 S.W. of Wokingham.

Or if you can work your way through -

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3/pp267-274

and also -
https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Swallowfield,_Berkshire_Genealogy

Many more sites via google

malyon

malyon Report 26 Nov 2019 14:06

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallowfield

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 26 Nov 2019 16:30

Taken from the Swallowfield Local History Society:-
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At one time Swallowfield had four churches, the oldest by far being All Saints. Papal sanction for the building of which was granted to the bishop of Salisbury in the year 1230. (Parts of Swallowfield were, in those days, an "island" part of the County of Wiltshire. Hence Part Lane?).
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Looks like the Wiltshire connection was in the 1200's and so you probably need to be looking at Berkshire for most of your research.

Kath. x

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 26 Nov 2019 16:42

Just work backwards from someone whose details you are 100% sure are correct