SWATON, a parish in the wapentake of AVELAND, parts of KESTEVEN, county of LINCOLN, 5 miles (N. E.) from Falkingham, containing 298 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with the rectory of Spanby annexed, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £12. 7. 1., and in the patronage of J. W. Knapp, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Michael.