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Historic Towns & Picturesque Villages

Right Half: Monument to the Fettiplace's in St. Mary's Church, Swinbrook
© George Meyer (view gallery)
in order from top: Sir Edmund Fettiplace 1654 - 1706 Sir John Fettiplace 1626 - 1672 John Fettiplace 1583 - 1658

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St. Mary's Church, Swinbrook
© Roger Sweet (view gallery)
The parish church at Swinbrook is St. Mary's which overlooks the village from a vantage point reached by climbing some steps opposite the village hall. In the churchyard are the graves of the novelist Nancy Mitford and and her three sisters.

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The Fettiplace monuments in St. Mary's Church, Swinbrook
© Roger Sweet (view gallery)
St. Mary's is noted for the 16th and 17th century monuments to members of the Fettiplace family which are comfortably reclining in three tiers near the alter. The Fettiplaces were landed gentry of Norman descent.

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The Swan Inn. Swinbrook
© Mark Farrell (view gallery)

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Church of St Mary, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire
© Phil Jobson (view gallery)
Home of the Fettiplace monuments and the last resting place of the Mitford sisters.

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The Fettiplace monuments Swinbrook, Oxfordshire
© Phil Jobson (view gallery)

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Fettiplace monument Swinbrook, Oxfordshire
© Phil Jobson (view gallery)

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Swinbrook, Oxfordshire
© Phil Jobson (view gallery)

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The Swinbrook Cricket Club, Oxfordshire
© Phil Jobson (view gallery)

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St Mary's Church
© George Meyer (view gallery)

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The Swine Brook in the centre of Swinbrook
© Roger Sweet (view gallery)
The picturesque little Cotswolds village of Swinbrook (or