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 7 miles 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.