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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Swinton like this:
Swinton, a village in Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, ½mile N of Baillieston, and 6 miles E of Glasgow. Pop. (1861) 386, (1871) 346, (1881) 619.
Swinton is now part of GLASGOW CITY City. Click here for graphs and data of how GLASGOW CITY 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 Glasgow City and Lanarkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24706
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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