Swinton, Harrogate

Swinton
Swinton Location within North Yorkshire
Population	200 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference	SE213795
Civil parish	Swinton with Warthermarske
Unitary authority	North Yorkshire
Ceremonial county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RIPON
Postcode district	HG4
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
List of places UK England Yorkshire 54°12′47″N1°40′19″W / 54.213°N 1.672°W / 54.213; -1.672

Swinton is a small village in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated to the immediate south-west of Masham and separated from it by the River Burn. ^[2] The village is at the eastern end of Swinton Park and shares a civil parish with Warthermarske. ^[3]

The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Count Alan ^[4] and the names derives from the Old English swīn-tūn which means Pig-Farm. ^[5]

Until 1974 it was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. ^[6] From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the Borough of Harrogate, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.

References

1. "Civil ward population 2011" . Retrieved 4 August 2015.
2. "99" (Map). Northallerton & Ripon. 1;50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN   9780319261972.
3. "Boundary Map of Swinton With Warthermarske Tn/CP". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
4. Powell-Smith, Anna. "Swinton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
5. Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 457. ISBN   0-19-869103-3.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
6. "History of Swinton, in Harrogate and West Riding". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 15 April 2025.

External links

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