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SWINDERBY. 602 SWINFORD. of Skipton, and 7 S.E. of Settle. The Duke of Devon- shire is lord of the manor and principal landowner. SWINDERBY, a par. in the lower div. of Boothby- Graffoe wap., parts of Kesteven, co. Lincoln, 9 miles S.W. of Lincoln, and 8 N.E. of Newark. It is a station on the Midland railway. The village is on the- Lincoln and Newark road, near the ancient Fosse Way. It was formerly held by the Disneys of Ingatestone. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 260. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The parochial charities pro-, duce about 30 per annum, of which 3 go to Disney's school. The Wesleyans have a chapel. H. C. Bingham, Esq., is lord of the manor. SWINDON, a par. in the hund. of Cheltenham, co. Gloucester, 2 miles N.W. of Cheltenham, its post town. The village is situated on the road from Cheltenham to Tewkesbury, near the line of the Birmingham and Glou- cester railway. The land is principally in pasture and orchard. The living is a rect.* in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 479. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is an ancient Norman structure. SWINDON, a lib. in the par. of Wombourn, S. div. of Seisdon hund., co. Stafford, 5 miles W. of Dudley, on the Stafford and Birmingham canal. SWINDON, a par., post and market town, in the hund. of Kingsbridge, co. Wilts, 7 miles from High- worth, 10 from Marlborough, and 41 N. of Salisbury. It is an important station on the Great Western railway, where the Cheltenham Union branches off. This place is situated on a hill near the Wilts and Berks canal, which passes about half a mile from the town, and has here a reservoir of 70 acres. The par. contains the hmlt. of Castcott, and is mentioned in Domesday Book as Svindune. It is a polling-place for the county elections, and a petty sessions town. The locomotive department belonging to the Great Western Railway Company was removed here from Woottou-Basset in 1841, and hence the rapid increase and prosperity of the place. The works afford employment to many. There are some extensive stone quarries in the neighbourhood, pro- ducing immense blocks of Purbeck stone. Druidical remains are to be seen at Brome. The hill on which the town stands is sand, but all below and around the hill ia clay. There are a mechanics' institute, first- class railway hotel, two banks, and a savings-bank, in the town, which is called New Swindon, and in 1861 contained a population of 4,167, the population of the whole parish being 6,856. The living is a vie. * in the dioc. of Gloucester and Bristol, val. 302, in the patron, of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to the Holy Rood. There is also the district church of St. Mark's, the living of which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 120. The parochial charities produce about 162. There are two chapels for the Dissenters. Swindon Lawn is the prin- cipal residence. Market day is on Monday. Cattle fairs are held every other Monday, also on the Monday before 5th April, second Monday after 12th May, and llth September, and on the second Monday in De- cember. SWINDON, a hmlt. in the pars, of Kirkby-Overblow and Pannall, wap. of Claro, West Riding co. York, 5J miles S.W. of Wetherby. It is the property of the Earl of Harewood, who is lord of the manor. SWINE, a par. in the middle div. of Holderness wap., East Riding co. York, 6 miles N.E. of Hull, and 6 N.W. of Hedon. It is a station on the Hull and Horn- sea branch of the North-Eastern railway. The village is large. The par. comprises Belton, North and South Skir- langh, EUerbuy, and other tnshps. There was formerly a Cistercian nunnery, founded by Robert do Verli in the reign of Stephen, which at the Dissolution possessed a revenue of 134 6s. 9rf., when the site was given to the Greshams. There are traces of a Roman encampment, near which many relics have been discovered : in 1826 a Roman urn was found in a newly ploughed field, contain- ing upwards of 1,000 copper coins. The living is a vie.* with the cur. of Skirlaugh annexed, in the dioc. of York. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There is also a district church at Bolton, an ancient Norman structure, the living of which is a perpet. cur.,* val. 140 ; and at Skirlaugh is a chapel-of-ease, built in the 14th century by Walter Skirlaw, Bishop of Durham. The parochial charities produce about 68 per annum, of which 11 go to Langdale's school. The Wesleyans have a chapel. Burton Constable is the principal residence. The Earl of Shaftesbury is lord of the manor. SWINEFLEET, a chplry. in the par. of Whitgift, lower div. of Osgoldcross wap., West Riding co. York, 4 miles S.E. of Howden, its post town, and 3 N.E. of Goole. It is on the S. bank of the river Ouse, and formed part of the honour of Pontefract. The village, which was formerly a market town under the Lacys, earls of Lin- coln, consists of a long range of houses close to the Ouse. The living is a perpet. cur. in the dioc. of York, val. 127, in the patron, of the Vicar of Whitgift. The church is old. The charities produce about 35 per annum. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels. SWINESHEAD, a par. in the hund. of Leightonstone, co. Huntingdon, 3 miles S.W. of Kimbolton, its post town, and 12 from Bedford. The village is on the Great Northern railway and a branch of the river Kym. It is nearly surrounded by Bedfordshire. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Ely, val. 280. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas. SWINESHEAD, a par. in the wap. of Kirton, parts of Holland, co. Lincoln, 13 miles from Spalding, its post town, 7 S.W. of Boston, and 2 S. of the Swines- head station on the Boston and Sleaford railway. The par. includes the chplry. of Chapel Hill and 5 ext. par. places. It is the Saxon Swinesaefed, to which the sea once came up, and had a Cistercian abbey, founded by Robert de Greslei in 1134, and to which King John escaped in 1216, after losing his carriages and baggage in the Cross-Keys Wash. Swineshead was formerly a market town, and had a harbour near the market-place, and a bridge crossing a river then navigable, but now choked up. Ancient coins and skeletons have been dug up at different times, and in 1825, in the sinking of a well, a skeleton measuring about 6 feet 3 inches was discovered. A short distance N.W. of the town is the Man-of-War Rings, a double-ditched Danish camp 180 feet in diameter. The South Forty-foot and other drains run through the parish, and an Act was passed in 1840 for the more effectual drainage of certain lands. The living is a vie.* in the dioc. of Lincoln, val. 240, in the patron, of Trinity College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains tombs of the Locktons, of Swineshead Abbey. There is a district church at Chapel Hill, the living of which is a perpet. cur., val. 47, in the patron, of the vicar. This chapel was erected in 1826 for the convenience of the inhabitants residing in that portion of the parish, and is about 10 miles dis- tant from the village. The parochial charities produce about 540 per annum. There is a school for both sexes, founded and endowed in 1720 by T. Cowley, Esq. A fair occurs on 2nd October. SWINESIDE, a hmlt. in the tnshp. of Carlton High- dale, par. of Coverham, North Riding co. York, 5 miles S.W. of Middleham, among the moors. SWINETHORPE, an ext. par. place in the higher div. of Boothby-Graffoe wap., parts of Kesteven, co. Lincoln, 7 miles S.W. of Lincoln. The Hall is situated in a park called the Jungles. The substratum contains coal of considerable thickness. Major Curteis is lord of the manor. SWINETHORPE, a hmlt. in the par. of Snelland, W. div. of Wraggoe hund., parts of Lindsey, co. Lin- coln, 3 miles N.W. of Wragby. SWINETHWAITE, a hmlt. in the par. of West Witton, North Riding co. York, 5 miles W. of Middle- ham. SWINEY, a hmlt. in the par. of Latheroii, co. Caithness, Scotland, 3 miles from Lybster. SWINFEN, a hmlt. in the par. of Weeford, S. div. of Offlow hund, co. Stafford, 2 miles S.E. of Lichfiold. The principal residence is Swinfen Hall. SWINFORD a tythg. in the par. of Cumner, hund.