Books in Literature 

  • Cautley, H.M. (1937) Suffolk Churches and their Treasures. London: B.T. Batsford. (Includes details on St Mary’s Church, Sweffling.)

  • Copinger, W.A. (1905–1911) The Manors of Suffolk. 6 vols. Manchester: Taylor, Garnett, Evans & Co. (Covers Plomesgate Hundred, including Sweffling.)

  • Domesday Book (Little Domesday, Suffolk folios). Sweffling/Swefling is recorded with multiple holdings and a church in 1086; modern summaries track to the printed Domesday editions.

  • Greene, P. (2012) Windmills of Sweffling. Sweffling: Sweffling Press. (A dedicated history of the village’s three mills and local millers.) Buy here

  • Hicks, B.G. (2014) Swefling Eleanor Archer (The Daughters of Swefling, Volume 1). Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Swefling-Eleanor-Archer-Daughters-ebook/dp/B00K3L1EVU (Accessed: 17 August 2025).

  • Hicks, B.G. (2014) Swefling Ales Martin (The Daughters of Swefling, Volume 2). Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Swefling-Ales-Martin-Daughters/dp/1500218367  (Accessed: 17 August 2025).

  • Hicks, B.G. (2014) Swefling Rebecca Cobbold (The Daughters of Swefling, Volume 3). Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. Available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Swefling-Rebecca-Cobbold-Daughters/dp/1503317021 (Accessed: 17 August 2025).

  • Kelly’s Directory of Suffolk (1912). London: Kelly’s Directories Ltd. (Provides an early 20th-century snapshot of Sweffling’s residents, trades, and facilities.)

  • Mortlock, D.P. (1992) The Popular Guide to Suffolk Churches: Volume 3, East Suffolk. Cambridge: Lutterworth Press. (Features a description of Sweffling, St Mary, with an architectural description).

  • Pevsner, N. and Radcliffe, E. (1975) The Buildings of England: Suffolk. 2nd edn. Harmondsworth: Penguin. (Architectural overview of St Mary, Sweffling)

  • Skeat, W.W. (1913) The Place-Names of Suffolk. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Explains the origins of names, including Sweffling.) - Swefling: *Swiftel ingas ‘place of *Swiftel's people’

  • White, W. (1844.) History, Gazetteer and Directory of Suffolk. Sheffield: Robert Leader. (Provides a 19th-century account of Sweffling residents/trades)

  • Victoria History of the County of Suffolk (various vols.). London: Archibald Constable & Co. (Covers parish history, manorial records, and medieval Sweffling.)