Swilland

Swilland takes its name from Old English with the meaning of 'Pig land', this is broken down into two parts with 'swīn' meaning a swine and 'land' standing for land or and estate.{{cite web|title=Key to English Place-names|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Suffolk/Swilland|publisher=The University of Nottingham|access-date=24 March 2014}}

Swilland is recorded in the Domesday Book as being a medium-sized village located in the Hundred of Claydon, made up of 13 households, consisting of 6 villagers, 6 smallholders and 1 slave. It is recorded that in 1066 the livestock of Swilland consisted of 60 sheep which increased to 1 cob, 8 cattle, 19 pigs and 100 sheep by 1086.{{cite web|last=Palmer|first=Professor J.J.N|title=Place: Swilland|url=http://domesdaymap.co.uk/place/TM1852/swilland/|publisher=University of Hull|access-date=24 March 2014}}

In the 1870s, Swilland was described as:

:"SWILLAND, a parish in Bosmere district, Suffolk; 3¾ miles N by E of Westerfield r. station, and 6 N by E of Ipswich. Post town, Ipswich. Acres, 951. Real property, £1,869. Pop., 243. houses, 52. The property is much subdivided."{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=John Marius|title=Gazetteer of England and Wales|date=1870–72|publisher=A. Fullarton & Co.|location=Edinburgh|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7776|access-date=5 February 2014}}

In 1901 the population was 190, and the parish covered 956 acres.{{cite book |last1=Barker |first1=Horace R. |title=East Suffolk Illustrated |date=1909 |publisher=Frederick George Pawsey |location=Bury St Edmunds}}{{rp|462}}

The parish formed part of the hundred of Bosmere-and-Claydon.{{cite web| url =http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SFK/Swilland|title=Swilland|publisher= GENUKI|access-date = 5 January 2018}}

File:Swilland population time series 1881-2011.jpg

In 1801 the population of Swilland was 184 which saw a rise to 237 in 1811 but then a slight decline down 195 in 1821. In 1831 the population increased largely up to 272 in 1831, the population then continuously declined to reach its lowest figure in 1961 of 130.{{cite web|title=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Swilland CP/AP through time {{!}} Population Statistics {{pipe}} Total Population, A Vision of Britain through Time.|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10270546/cube/TOT_POP|access-date=27 March 2014}} The population since 1961 has gradually risen to 163 in 2011 according to the 2011 census.{{cite web|title=Swilland (Parish): Key Figuresfor 2011 Census: Key Statistics|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11129374&c=swilland&d=16&e=62&g=6467302&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1391594970695&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2473|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=5 February 2014}} There are records of the boundaries for Swilland dating back all the way to 1831, between 1831 and 1851 Swilland experienced an area change increasing from 520 acres to 951 acres.{{cite web|title=Vision of Britain, Swilland CP/AP|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10270546/cube/AREA_ACRES|publisher=University of Portsmouth|access-date=24 March 2014}} This is most likely the reason to the population rise in 1831 as the total area of the parish was almost doubled in size.

In 1881 the occupational structure of Swilland was not very diverse with the top occupations being agricultural with 43 people working in this field and 7 people working and dealing in houses, furniture and decorations and only one person being engaged with a professional occupation.{{cite web|title=Swilland CP/AP:1881 Census of England and Wales, Tables: Ages, Condition as to Marriage, Occupations and Birthplaces of people, Table 10: " Occupations of Males and Females in the Division and its Registration Counties"|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/census/table_page.jsp?tab_id=EW1881AGE_M10&u_id=10270546&show=DB|work=A Vision of Britain|access-date=28 March 2014}} Comparing this to the occupational structure of Swilland today is very different. According to the 2011 census there are 93 people employed between the ages of 16 and 74, of these only 10 of which now are involved in agriculture. 23 people now work in skilled trades occupations, which includes agriculture, but there has been as increase in working professionals of which there is now 18.{{cite web|title=Area: Swilland Parish- Occupation (Minor Groups), 2011 (QS606EW)|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11129374&c=swilland&d=16&e=61&g=6467302&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1395964137068&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2578|work=Office for National Statistics|access-date=28 March 2014}} This is a large increase from the 1 working professional in 1881.

File:St Mary Swilland - geograph.org.uk - 934820.jpg

St Mary's church in Swilland was founded in the 11th century {{cite web | url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1030511?section=official-list-entry | title=CHURCH OF ST MARY, Swilland - 1030511 | Historic England }} and is recorded to have graveyard.{{cite web|title=St Mary, Swilland- Church of England|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/cgi-bin/churchentry?CCC=SFK,ID=10842,FT=Swilland%20St%20Mary%20Church%20Lane%20Church%20of%20England|access-date=24 March 2014}} Records for church burials are recorded back as far as 1679.{{cite web|title=Swilland, Suffolk- Family search|website=FamilySearch|url=http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Swilland,_Suffolk|access-date=24 March 2014}} The Church of St Mary, Swilland is a grade II* listed building, listed on 16 March 1966.{{cite web|title=Church of St Mary, Swilland- British listed buildings|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-285978-church-of-st-mary-swilland-suffolk|access-date=24 March 2014}} The church has a large tower with a lantern spire, this was designed by the Ipswich architect, John Shewell Corder. The church also lays claim to a Norman doorway as you enter the porch into the church.{{cite web|last=Knott|first=Simon|title=St Mary, Swilland|url=http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/swilland.html|access-date=24 March 2014}}

First recorded in Greenwoods country map of 1825, Swilland Mill stood at 51-foot high and was one of the largest post mills in Suffolk. Frederick Buttrum's family owned many large mills in Burgh and Ipswich and is believed to be who Swilland Mill was built for. The Mill often changed hands over the years until it was purchased by Cyril A.Barron in 1920. The use of the windmill was continued until 1936 and was eventually taken down around 1955.{{cite web|title=History of Swilland Mill- Swilland Mill|url=http://www.swillandmill.co.uk/about/history|publisher=Swiland Mill|access-date=27 March 2014}} It is now holiday accommodation.

• Bernard Rooke (1938- ), artist and studio potter

{{reflist}}

{{commons category|Swilland}}

{{East Suffolk}}

{{Suffolk}}

{{authority control}}

Category:Villages in Suffolk

Category:Civil parishes in Suffolk

Category:Suffolk Coastal

Category:Bosmere and Claydon Hundred