Swinton, Harrogate

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Swinton
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Population200 (2011) [1]
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54°12′47″N1°40′19″W / 54.213°N 1.672°W / 54.213; -1.672

Swinton is a small village in the Harrogate district 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]

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References

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  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.

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