SWANBOURNE, a parish in the hundred of COTTESLOE,
county of BUCKINGHAM, 2 miles (E.) from
Winslow, containing 616 inhabitants. The living is a
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Buckingham, and diocese
of Lincoln, rated in. the king's books at £9. 9. 7.,
and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated
to St. Swithin. There is a place of worship for
Baptists. Nicholas Godwin, in 1712, bequeathed £15
per annum for teaching poor children.