- For the suburb of Perth, Western Australia see Swanbourne, Western Australia; Swanbourne Lake is in the grounds of Arundel Castle. This is a list of Suburbs grouped by local government in Perth, Western Australia. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. Swanbourne is a western coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia and is an affluent locale with older homes being renovated and many new homes being built Arundel Castle in West Sussex, England is a restored medieval castle
| Swanbourne | |
  Swanbourne shown within Buckinghamshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| District | Aylesbury Vale |
| Shire county | Buckinghamshire |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MILTON KEYNES |
| Postcode district | MK17 |
| Dialling code | 01296 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Buckinghamshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| UK Parliament | Buckingham |
| List of places: UK • England • Buckinghamshire | |
Swanbourne is a village in Buckinghamshire, England. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are one of the four levels of Subdivisions of England used for the purposes of Local government outside Greater London Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one South East England is one of the nine official Regions of England. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The MK postcode area, also known as the Milton Keynes postcode area, is a group of postal districts around Bedford, Buckingham, Milton Keynes The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Thames Valley Police is one of the largest Home Office Police services in England and the largest non- metropolitan one covering 2200 sq mi (5700 The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, is the Fire Service serving the county of Buckinghamshire. The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust is the authority responsible for providing NHS Ambulance services in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, South East England is a Constituency of the European Parliament. This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Buckingham is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places The boundaries of Buckinghamshire have changed considerably over a number of years A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, about two miles east of Winslow, three miles west of Stewkley. Winslow is a small Market town and also a Civil parish designated as a Town council within Aylesbury Vale district in north Buckinghamshire Stewkley is a Village and also a Civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England.
The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and possibly means 'swan stream'. In the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 792 the village was recorded as Suanaburna. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of Annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. Events By Place Byzantine Empire Irene is confirmed empress of the Byzantine Empire.
The manor of Swanbourne used to belong to Woburn Abbey, but now belongs to the Fremantle family. This article is about the medieval system "Manors" redirects here The Fremantle family, originally from Aston Abbotts, have a strong naval tradition. Aston Abbotts (or Aston Abbots) is a Village and Civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle (1798–1890) had huge interests in Australia which is why there is a Fremantle, Swanbourne and Cottesloe named for him in Western Australia. Thomas Francis Fremantle 1st Baron Cottesloe, PC ( 11 March 1798 &ndash 3 December 1890) known between 1821 and 1874 as Sir Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Fremantle (commonly known as Freo is a Port City in Western Australia, located southwest of Perth, the state capital at the mouth of Swanbourne is a western coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia and is an affluent locale with older homes being renovated and many new homes being built Cottesloe is a western suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Town of Cottesloe. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. He was later created 1st Baron Cottesloe. Baron Cottesloe, of Swanbourne and Hardwick in the County of Buckingham is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Various members of the Fremantle family now live in more modest houses in the village.
The large manor house still owned by the Fremantle family trust is now a prep school called Swanbourne House School. A manor house or fortified manor-house is a Country house, which has historically formed the administrative centre of a manor (see Manorialism In English language usage in the former British Empire, the present-day Commonwealth, a preparatory school (usually abbreviated to prep school Swanbourne Church of England School is a mixed, voluntary aided, primary school, which has approximately 15 pupils from the age of four through to the age of nine. A voluntary aided school is a school in England where the governing body, as opposed to the Local Education Authority, employs the staff and decides the See also Primary education A primary school (from French école primaire) is an institution where children receive the first stage of Compulsory
The present head of the family is Commander John Tapling Fremantle, 5th Baron Cottesloe. Commander John Tapling Fremantle 5th Baron Cottesloe JP RN (born on January 22, 1927) is a Baron in the Peerage of Lord Cottesloe, a former Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire still lives in the village, as does his daughter Elizabeth, the Hon. There has been a Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire almost continuously since the position was created by King Henry VIII in 1535 Mrs. Duncan Smith with her husband Iain Duncan Smith, the Conservative politician. George Iain Duncan Smith, PC, MP, (born 9 April 1954 is a British politician The Conservative Party (officially the Conservative and Unionist Party) is a Political party in the United Kingdom. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person
There was an agricultural strike in Swanbourne in 1873, led by members of the Primitive Methodist Chapel who were in the National Agricultural Labourer's Union (NALU).
Swanbourne has a shop in Mursley Road, St Swithun's Anglican Church and a Methodist Chapel. Saint Swithun (or Swithin) (died 2 July, 862) was an early English Bishop of Winchester, now best known for the popular British
Swanbourne Baptist Church, in Mursley Road, was built in 1809, rebuilt in 1863 and closed in 1972, when it converted to a dwelling.
Swanbourne Methodist Church is in Nearton End. The first Chapel was built for the Primitive Methodists in 1858 and a new one was built in 1907. Formerly in the Stewkley Circuit, then the Leighton Buzzard Circuit, the church is now in the Aylesbury Vale Circuit. Sunday services are at 6pm with a lively Sunday School each week at 10. 30am.
A new pub called "The Betsey Wynne" opened at the end of July 2006. It is on the Mursley Road.
Until 1967, Swanbourne had its own railway station on the Varsity Line, about 1. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Swanbourne is a disused Railway station that served the villages of Swanbourne, Little Horwood and Mursley in north Buckinghamshire Varsity Line (or Oxford to Cambridge Line) is an informal name for the Railway service which formerly linked the English university cities of Oxford 5 miles (2. 4 km) from the village and half way to Little Horwood. Little Horwood is a Village and also a Civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It was also about the same distance from Mursley. Mursley is a small Village in and also a Civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district Buckinghamshire
References
- Ken Reading "Swanbourne: History of an Anglo-Saxon Town" available from Swanbourne Village Shop
- Frankie Fisher "We Reap Where They Have Sown – an account of Primitive Methodism in Swanbourne", available from Swanbourne Methodist Church
External links
- Swanbourne Methodist Church
- Swanbourne House School
- Genealogical information about Swanbourne
- The Betsey Wynne pub
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