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.