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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swefling like this:
SWEFLING, a parish, with a village, in Plomesgate district, Suffolk; 2½ miles W by N of Saxmundham r. station. Post town, Saxmundham. Acres, 1,120. Real property, £1,980. Pop., 318. Houses, 70. There are parts of several manors. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £262.* Patron, T. Williams, Esq. The church is plain Norman. Charities, £20.
Swefling is now part of EAST SUFFOLK District. Click here for graphs and data of how EAST SUFFOLK has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swefling itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swefling, in East Suffolk and Suffolk | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7774
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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