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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swainston like this:
SWAINSTON, a manor in the Isle of Wight; 4 miles WSW of Newport. It was given, in 826, by King Egbert, to the Bishops of Winchester; continued with the bishops till the time of Edward I.; went then to the Crown; was given by-Edward II., first, to his sister Mary, next to his son Edward, afterwards Edward III.; passed, in the latter's time, to W. ...
de Montacute; went afterward to Warwick the king-maker, and to Margaret Pole Countess of Salisbury; descended, by marriage, to the Barringtons; passed in 1833 to the Simeons; and belongs now to Sir John Simeon, Bart. The mansion on it is modern, but includes some early fragments.
Swainston is now part of ISLE OF WIGHT Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how ISLE OF WIGHT has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swainston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swainston, in the Isle of Wight and Hampshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21634
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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