Swinton, Harrogate

Village in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Swinton with Warthermarske

Unitary authority

North Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

North Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townRIPONPostcode districtHG4PoliceNorth YorkshireFire North Yorkshire AmbulanceYorkshire

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

54°12′47″N 1°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]

References

^ "Civil ward population 2011". Retrieved 4 August 2015.
^ "99" (Map). Northallerton & Ripon. 1;50,000. Landranger. Ordnance Survey. 2016. ISBN 9780319261972.
^ "Boundary Map of Swinton With Warthermarske Tn/CP". www.visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
^ Powell-Smith, Anna. "Swinton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 457. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.