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Swaythling • Swaythling village • Swaythling Farm • North Stoneham • South Stoneham

Swaythling Farm (Swathling, Swaithling) was a farm on the Stoneham Estate at Swaythling. It was purchased by John Fleming in 1778^[1]. It was surveyed by John Whitcher in 1818. It was mortgaged in 1842 to help secure £14,000^[2]. It was reputed to be the site of demolished Swaythling House.

The farmhouse, a listed Grade II structure, was demolished around 1960.

Tenants of Swaythling Farm

• Jacob Gater (1790^[3], 1803^[4], 1835^[5], 1837^[6])
• C H Gater (c.1850)
• Thomas Gearing (1861^[7]), a portion
• James Weble (1861^[8]), a portion
• John Freeman Sheppard (1891^[9], Late19thC)
• Keturah Sheppard (Early 20thC), wife of above
• Theodore Theoliphus Green (1913, 1920)
• George H Brown (c.1940s)

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References

1. ↑ Lease and release of manor and farm of Swaythling, and Swaythling House, 1778 (WFMS:300 | HRO 102M71/T103)
2. ↑ Mortgage of North Stoneham and Swaythling Farms, 1842 (WFMS:217 | HRO 102M71/T20); Release of mortgage charge of North Stoneham and Swaythling Farms, 1867 (WFMS:230 | HRO 102M71/T33)
3. ↑ Lease of Swaythling Farm, 1790 (WFMS:400 | HRO 102M71/E38)
4. ↑ Lease of Swaythling Farm, 1803 (WFMS:404 | HRO 102M71/E42)
5. ↑ List of eligible voters at North Stoneham, 1835
6. ↑ Trust deed to bar entail, 1837  (WFMS:208 | HRO 102M71/T11)
7. ↑ 1861 Census. Gearing is described as a farmer of 400 acres employing 18 men and 3 boys.
8. ↑ 1861 Census. Weble is described as a farmer of 60 acres employing 8 men.
9. ↑ 1891