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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swindale like this:
SWINDALE, a chapelry in Shap parish, Westmoreland; 4¼ miles SW of Shap r. station. Post town, Penrith. Pop., 73. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £56. Patron, the Vicar of Shap.
Swindale is now part of WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swindale itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swindale, in Westmorland and Furness and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23082
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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