In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swinton like this:

SWINTON-WITH-WARTHERMASK, a township in Masham parish, N. R. Yorkshire; 7 miles SSW of Bedale. Acres, 1,614. Real property, £1,858; of which £22 are in quarries. Pop., 202. Houses, 43. S. house is the seat of Admiral Harcourt.

Swinton through time

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/14319

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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