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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sywell like this:
SYWELL, a parish, with a village, in Wellingborough district, Northampton; 5 miles W of Wellingborough r. station. Post town, Northampton. Acres, 2,031. Real property, £3,083. Pop., 241. Houses, 48. The manor belongs to Lord Overstone; and the village was rebuilt by him in 1861. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £630.* Patron, Earl Brownlow. The church's chancel was rebuilt in 1862; and a parochial school was built in 1866.
Sywell is now part of NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sywell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sywell, in North Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8201
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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