Swinden

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Swinden Hall, built in 1657
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Swinden
Location within North Yorkshire
Population20 
OS grid reference SD861543
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Region
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Skipton
Postcode district BD23
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53°59′07″N2°12′48″W / 53.98526°N 2.21343°W / 53.98526; -2.21343

Swinden is a village in the civil parish of Hellifield, in North Yorkshire, England. It is near Halton West and Nappa and about 7 miles north of Barnoldswick. The population was estimated at 20 in 2010. [1]

Swinden was historically a township in the ancient parish of Gisburn in the West Riding of Yorkshire. [2] It became a separate civil parish in 1866. [3] It was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2014 and amalgamated with the parish of Hellifield. [4] [5] From 1974 to 2023 it was in Craven district.

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References

  1. "Population Estimates". North Yorkshire County Council. 2010. Archived from the original on 13 January 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  2. Genuki. Parish of Gisburn
  3. Vision of Britain website
  4. "The Craven District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2011" . Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  5. "North Yorkshire Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 25 November 2023.

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