Swinton, Harrogate

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Swinton
Swinton is located in North Yorkshire
Swinton
Swinton
Location within North Yorkshire
Population200 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSE213795
Civil parish
District
  • Harrogate
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRIPON
Postcode districtHG4
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
List of places
UK
England
Yorkshire
54°13′01″N 1°40′09″W / 54.21702°N 1.66921°W / 54.21702; -1.66921Coordinates: 54°13′01″N 1°40′09″W / 54.21702°N 1.66921°W / 54.21702; -1.66921

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]

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.

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