SWELL (UPPER), a parish in the upper division of
the hundred of KIFTSGATE, county of GLOUCESTER, 1
mile (N. W.) from Stow on the Wold, containing 82
inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Gloucester, rated in the
king's books at £6. 14. 6., and in the patronage of
Charles Pole, Esq. The church has lately received an
addition of fifty-one free sittings, the Incorporated Society
for the enlargement of churches and chapels having
granted £10 towards defraying the expense. The
Roman Foss-way bounds the parish on the east.