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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swinton like this:
SWINTON, a township in Appletonle-Street parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 2¼ miles W by N of New Malton. Acres, 1,200. Real property, £1,751. Pop., 381. Houses, 91. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel.
Swinton is now part of NORTH YORKSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH YORKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swinton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swinton, in North Yorkshire and North Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14318
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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