| Static Image Name: | St.Mary and All Saints' church, Swarby, Lincs. - geograph.org.uk - 90677.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Mary and All Saints' Church, Swarby |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Swarby |
| Coordinates: | 52.9533°N -0.4429°W |
| Civil Parish: | Aswarby and Swarby |
| Shire District: | North Kesteven |
| Shire County: | Lincolnshire |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Sleaford and North Hykeham |
| Post Town: | Sleaford |
| Postcode District: | NG34 |
| Postcode Area: | NG |
| Os Grid Reference: | TF047406 |
| London Distance Mi: | 100 |
| London Direction: | S |
Swarby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Aswarby and Swarby, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, approximately 3miles south-southwest of Sleaford, 900yd west of the A15 road and 1miles to the northwest of Aswarby. In 1921 the parish had a population of 141.[1] On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Aswarby and Swarby".[2]
The village name is Scandinavian in origin, and comes from the Old Norse for a farmstead or village of a person named 'Svarri'.[3] [4]
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Mary and All Saints and is a Grade II* listed building dating from the 13th century. It was restored in 1886 and the south aisle dates from the same time. The west tower is 15th-century. On the north wall of the chancel is a rectangular ashlar wall plaque to Anthony Williams who died in 1681.
Swarby CE School was built in 1859, and closed in 1971.[5]
A tornado swept through the village on 28 June 2012. It uprooted many trees, lifted a trampoline hundreds of feet and caused a garage roof to collapse while removing tiles from houses.[6]
The entertainer Joe Brown was born at Swarby on 13 May 1941.[7] Despite being referred to as a Cockney, Brown is a Lincolnshire Yellowbelly.