Swinton, Ryedale

Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England

Human settlement in England

Swinton

Unitary authority

North Yorkshire

Ceremonial county

North Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townMALTONPostcode districtYO17PoliceNorth YorkshireFire North Yorkshire AmbulanceYorkshire UK Parliament

Thirsk and Malton

List of places: UK; England; Yorkshire

54°08′58″N 0°50′22″W / 54.14954°N 0.83936°W / 54.14954; -0.83936

Swinton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Malton on the B1257 road,^[2] and is on the edge of the Howardian Hills AONB to the immediate north.^[3] The village appears in the Domesday Book as 'Swintune' which is derived from 'pig farm'.^[4]^[5]^[6]

The parish had 467 residents at the 2001 census,^[7] which had risen to 608 by the time of the 2011 census.^[1] By 2015, North Yorkshire County Council had estimated the population to have been 630.^[8]

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

References

^ ^a ^b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Swinton Parish (1170217301)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ "300" (Map). Howardian Hills & Malton. 1:25,000. Explorer. Ordnance Survey. 2015. ISBN 9780319245521.
^ "Amotherby & Swinton Background Paper" (PDF). ryedaleplan.org.uk. October 2017. p. 4. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 457. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
^ "Swinton | Domesday Book". opendomesday.org. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ "Parishes: Appleton le Street | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Swinton Parish (1543510588)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
^ "2015 Population Estimates Parishes" (PDF). northyorks.gov.uk. p. 15. Retrieved 15 January 2019.