SWINGFIELD, is a village six miles north of Folkestone, and six N.W. of Dover,
in Folkestone hundred. The church contains a nave, aisle, and chancel, with
square tower. The living is a perpetual curacy in the patronage and incumbency
of the Rev. George Crespigny Lamotte, M.A. The population in 1851 was 424. St.
John's is half a mile north; North Court half a mile N.E.; Stockham three
quarters of a mile North; Swanton one mile N.E.; ,Wickham Bushes.two miles N,E;
Chalk Sole one and a half miles East; Beard's Hole half a mile South ; Ellinge
half a mile S.E.; Everdean one mile South; Bonnington half a mile S.W.;
Swingfield Minnis is a large common, one and a half mile west; near it are
Foxall Pound Farm, Densell Ridge Row, Oad, Selsted, and Maypole.
Letters received through Canterbury. The nearest Money Order Office is at Dover