Swallowfield
Swallowfield er en landsby i og civil parish i Berkshire, England, omkring 8 km syd for Reading og 1,6 km nord for grænsen til Hampshire.
Sognet Swallowfield inkluderer de nærliggende landsbyer Riseley og Farley Hill, og ligger i Borough of Wokingham.
Swallowfield Park er et engelsk landhus (country house) der ligger på et gods omkring 1 km nordøst for landsbyen. Herregående er i dag ombygget til eksklusive lejligheder.[1]
I 1300-tallet lå Beaumys Castle i landsbyen, men i 1420 blev dens jorde opdelt. Swallowfield har vært hjem for adskillige kendte mennesker, heriblandt Thomas 'Diamond' Pitt, guvernør på Fort St. George;[2] William Backhouse, rosenkreutzisk filosof;[3] Henry Hyde, 2. jarl af Clarendon;[4] og i sin barndom Edward Hyde, 3. jarl af Clarendon.[5] Mary Russell Mitford, der var en forfatter i 1800-tallet, flyttede til landsbyen, da han trak sig tilbage til sin pension, og er begravet på byens kirkegård.[6]
Referencer
- ^ Ford, David Nash (2002). "Swallowfield Park". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Hentet 28. december 2010.
- ^ Ford, David Nash (2003). "Thomas 'Diamond' Pitt (1653-1726)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Arkiveret fra originalen 6. juni 2011. Hentet 28. december 2010.
- ^ Ford, David Nash (2002). "William Backhouse (1593-1662)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Hentet 28. december 2010.
- ^ Lee Sidney, ed. (1891). "Hyde, Henry (1638-1709)". Dictionary of National Biography 28. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ Ford, David Nash (2003). "Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon (1661-1724)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Hentet 28. december 2010.
- ^ Ford, David Nash (2003). "Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1865)". Royal Berkshire History. Nash Ford Publishing. Hentet 28. december 2010.
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