Swallownest Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Swallownest
Static Image:Swallownest - High Street - geograph.org.uk - 956772.jpg
Static Image Caption:High Street
Coordinates:53.3623°N -1.3251°W
Population:15,022
Population Ref:[1]
Metropolitan Borough:Rotherham
Metropolitan County:South Yorkshire
Civil Parish:Aston cum Aughton
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Rother Valley
Post Town:SHEFFIELD
Postcode District:S26
Postcode Area:S
Dial Code:0114
Os Grid Reference:SK449852

Swallownest is a village in the civil parish of Aston cum Aughton and the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The village is south of Rotherham and from Sheffield.

Swallownest borders the Sheffield suburb of Woodhouse to the west, Beighton to the southwest, the small village of Aston to the east, and Aughton to the north. The village is also served by Woodhouse railway station.

According to White's directory of 1833, Swallow Nest was the name of the Toll bar and public house, the home of J. Ward, a victualler and H. Ward, a wheelwright.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yorkshire and the Humber (United Kingdom): Counties and Unitary Districts & Settlements - Population Statistics, Charts and Map .
  2. Book: History, and General Directory, of the Borough of Sheffield, with Rotherham…. William. White. William White (publisher). Sheffield. 1833. 372. 5 February 2018. University of Leicester: Special Collections Online.