Swinden Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Swinden Hall.jpg
Static Image Caption:Swinden Hall, built in 1657
Coordinates:53.9853°N -2.2134°W
Official Name:Swinden
Population:20
Civil Parish:Hellifield
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Skipton and Ripon
Post Town:Skipton
Postcode District:BD23
Postcode Area:BD
Os Grid Reference:SD861543

Swinden is a village in the civil parish of Hellifield, in North Yorkshire, England. It is near Halton West and Nappa and about north of Barnoldswick. The population was estimated at 20 in 2010.[1]

Swinden was historically a township in the ancient parish of Gisburn in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[2] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.[3] It was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2014 and amalgamated with the parish of Hellifield.[4] [5] From 1974 to 2023 it was in Craven district.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Yorkshire County Council. Population Estimates. 2010. 27 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133520/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0. 13 January 2012.
  2. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Gisburn/more.html Genuki. Parish of Gisburn
  3. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10470845/relationships Vision of Britain website
  4. Web site: The Craven District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2011. 27 August 2014.
  5. Web site: North Yorkshire Registration District. UKBMD. 25 November 2023.