Swinton, Ryedale Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:54.1495°N -0.8394°W
Official Name:Swinton
Population:608
Population Ref:(2011 census)
Civil Parish:Swinton
Unitary England:North Yorkshire
Lieutenancy England:North Yorkshire
Region:Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituency Westminster:Thirsk and Malton
Post Town:MALTON
Postcode District:YO17
Postcode Area:YO
Os Grid Reference:SE759732

Swinton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is about west of Malton on the B1257 road,[1] and is on the edge of the Howardian Hills AONB to the immediate north.[2] The village appears in the Domesday Book as 'Swintune' which is derived from 'pig farm'.[3] [4] [5]

The parish had 467 residents at the 2001 census, which had risen to 608 by the time of the 2011 census. By 2015, North Yorkshire County Council had estimated the population to have been 630.[6]

The village was part of the Ryedale district between 1974 and 2023. It is now administered by North Yorkshire Council.

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Notes and References

  1. Howardian Hills & Malton . 300 . 2015. 1:25,000 . Explorer . Ordnance Survey . 9780319245521 .
  2. Web site: Amotherby & Swinton Background Paper . ryedaleplan.org.uk . 15 January 2019 . 4 . PDF . October 2017.
  3. Book: Ekwall. Eilert. The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names. 1960. Clarendon Press. Oxford. 0-19-869103-3. 457. 4.
  4. Web site: Swinton Domesday Book . opendomesday.org . 15 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Parishes: Appleton le Street British History Online . www.british-history.ac.uk . 15 January 2019.
  6. Web site: 2015 Population Estimates Parishes . northyorks.gov.uk . 15 January 2019 . 15 . PDF.