Swarkestone

Swarkestone
St James’ Church, Swarkestone
Swarkestone Location within Derbyshire
Population	187 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK372286
Civil parish	Swarkestone
District	South Derbyshire
Shire county	Derbyshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DERBY
Postcode district	DE73
Dialling code	01332
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	South Derbyshire
List of places UK England Derbyshire 52°51′11″N 1°27′04″W / 52.853°N 1.451°W / 52.853; -1.451

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Swarkestone is a village and civil parish in the South Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 187.^[1]

Swarkestone has a very old village church, a full cricket pitch, a canal with a Georgian lock keepers cottage and moorings. It was mentioned twice in Domesday as Sorchestun or Suerchestune, when it was worth twenty shillings.^[2]