- Swineshead, Lincolnshire
Swineshead is a village in
Lincolnshire ,England , around 7 miles west of Boston.Administration
It is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston in the
county ofLincolnshire ,England . The local government has been arranged in this way since the reorganization ofApril 1 1974 , which resulted from theLocal Government Act 1972 . This parish forms part of the Swineshead and Holland Fen electoral ward.Hitherto, the parish had formed part of Boston Rural District, in the
Parts of Holland . Holland was one of the three divisions (formally known as "parts") of the traditional county of Lincolnshire. Since the Local Government Act of1888 , Holland had been in most respects, a county in itself.Cistercian Monastery
Swineshead
abbey was founded in 1135 fromSavigniac s. In 1147 it was converted to acistercian monastery. In 1536 it was dissolved and the building of a private house and a park in 1607 destroyed the last marks of the monastery.Herbert Ingram
It is the birthplace of
Herbert Ingram , founder of theIllustrated London News and MP for Boston, who was instrumental in bringing the railways and fresh piped water to the town.ee also
Swineshead Bridge External links
*See [http://www.swineshead-lincspc.org]
* [http://www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk/genealogyjunction/Lincolnshire/Swineshead%20War%20Memorial.shtml Swineshead War Memorial]
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