Swanmore
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Swanmore is a small rural village situated in the Meon Valley, Hampshire, England. It is very near to Bishop's Waltham. The church, St Barnabas, was built when the village gained independence in the 19th century, whereas before it was part of the parish of Droxford.
Swanmore houses the schools Swanmore Primary School and Swanmore College of Technology which is the secondary school for the neighbouring villages. As well as St Barnabas, Swanmore now has a Methodist chapel too.
The nearest town is Fareham, six miles south.
Swanmore was originally set up to provide homes for workers in local brickworks. As such, the houses in the village are mainly early- and mid-Victorian brick buildings, although there some older houses, especially in the hamlet of Upper Swanmore a 1/4 mile north of the main village. The village continued to thrive after the closure of these brickworks, and at one time had many shops and services in the village, however many of these closed with the advent of easier transport to nearby towns, but Swanmore does still boast a village shop, post office and butchers.
[edit] Tapestry
This Tapestry was created just before the turn if the millennium. St Barnabas Church is in the middle near the war memorial and the village shops are in the bottom right-hand corner. Other key locations that are around Swanmore and parts of Upper Swanmore are included.
