Swinfen
Swinfen is a small community about two miles south of Lichfield in the civil parish of Swinfen and Packington, Staffordshire. Swinfen is referred to in the Domesday Book of 1086 when the Manor was held by the Bishop of Lichfield.Places of Interest
Highlights include HM Prison Swinfen Hall and Swinfen Hall.
HM Prison Swinfen Hall
Prison
HM Prison Swinfen Hall is a Category C men's prison and Young Offenders Institution, located in the village of Swinfen in Staffordshire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.
Swinfen Hall
Hotel
Photo: Melanie Slade, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swinfen Hall is an 18th-century country mansion house, now converted into a hotel, situated at Swinfen, in the Lichfield district of Staffordshire in England.
Freeford Hall
Building
Freeford Manor is a privately owned 18th-century country house at Freeford, near Lichfield, Staffordshire. It is the home of the Dyott family and is a Grade II listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wall and Lichfield.
Wall
Hamlet
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Wall is a small village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, just south of Lichfield. It lies on the site of the Roman settlement of Letocetum. The parish includes the small villages of Pipehill, Hilton and Chesterfield, and the tiny hamlet of Aldershawe, which is about 1⁄2 mi north of the village of Wall. Wall is situated 2 miles west of Swinfen.
Lichfield
Photo: West Midlands Police, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lichfield is a city in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield retains its importance as an ecclesiastical centre, but its industrial and commercial development has been relatively small; the centre of the city thus retains an essentially old-world character, with pockets of historic charm.
Pipehill
Hamlet
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Pipehill is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Hammerwich, in the Lichfield district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is located between Wall and Hammerwich. Pipehill is situated 2½ miles northwest of Swinfen.
Swinfen
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Staffordshire, England, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Swinfen and Packington, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.65297° or 52° 39′ 11″ northLongitude
-1.81208° or 1° 48′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C4WM53Q+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 1375165586OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q7658482
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Swinfen” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Swinfen”
- French: “Swinfen”
- Irish: “Swinfen”
- Polish: “Swinfen”
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