Thomas Francis Fremantle (1765 – 1819); with new illustrations By Ken Harris Thomas Fremantle was born in Hampstead, London, the third son of John Fremantle. He went to sea at the age of 11, becoming a Commander in 1790, when he was serving in the Mediterranean. In 1795, whilst commanding the Inconstant, a look-out frigate […]
Archaeological finds in 2016 Reported by Clive Rodgers New archaeological finds are being made all of the time, and the purpose of this article is to record those finds which have been made so far this year (April, 2016), and to add others throughout the rest of the year as more artefacts are found and […]
Battle of Britain (1940) and Anthony Bartley. By Clive Rodgers Squadron Leader Anthony Charles Bartley DFC (28 March 1919 — 18 April 2001) was an RAF Hurricane and Spitfire fighter ace who was awarded the DFC after scoring eight victories against enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain. He was born in Ireland, the son of Sir Charles […]
The Tofield family of Swanbourne By Neil Rees The Tofield Surname Tofield is an unusual surname. Most of the Tofields in the world can trace their lines back to either the Yorkshire Tofields originally from Doncaster, or the Buckinghamshire Tofields originally from Stewkley. There is a town near Edmonton in Alberta, Canada called Tofield which […]
A Schedule of Listed Buildings of Swanbourne Parish A “listed building” is one which is acknowledged by the Secretary of State to be of special architectural or historic interest. All buildings built before 1700 which survive in anything like their original condition. Most buildings from about about 1700 to 1840 are also included. Buildings are listed […]
FREE ACCESS to PARISH RECORDS from 1565 to 1941 transcribed by Linda Rodgers (c) Copyright 2018. All downloaded transcriptions may not be reproduced elsewhere without permission. Downloads available in searchable EXCEL 2007. (Note:- All spread sheets are protected from being changed, copied or illegally reproduced.) To search a surname in EXCEL, click on the box above the surname […]
Historic Photographs of Swanbourne People Shown below are photographs of local people and families (who can be identified as Swanbourne people), dating back to Victorian times with their family names. Precise dates are still in the process of being identified, but they all range from around 1895 to 1950. Click on the photograph to enlarge. […]
The Swanbourne Agricultural Workers’ Strike of 1873 By Ken Harris For 3 weeks in March 1873, around half of the agricultural workers living in Swanbourne went on strike in a bid to raise their weekly wage from 12 shillings per week to 15 shillings. The story of the strike, its causes and its results has […]
Old Swanbourne – Photographs digitally enhanced By Clive Rodgers These photographs were shown as a PowerPoint Presentation at the Swanbourne History Group evening in April, 2016. They are saved here as a PDF copy. old-images-of-swanbourne
Digitally enhanced early 20th Century Photographs help to provide images better than the originals. As well as photographs of Moco farm in the 1920s, a collection of photographs from 1913 are shown. Views of Swanbourne in 1913, captured on […]