Swillington Yorkshire Family History Guide
Swillington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Other places in the parish include: Astley.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1539
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1631
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist Reform
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SWILLINGTON, a parish in Hunslet district, W. R. Yorkshire; 2 miles NNE of Woodlesford r. station, and 5 E by S of Leeds. It includes part of Astley hamlet, and has a post-office under Leeds. Acres, 2,760. Real property, £8,243; of which £2,700 are in mines. Pop., 662. Houses, 138. The manor, with S. Hall, belongs to SirH. Lowther, Bart. Leventhorpe Hall is the seat of J. T. Leather, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ripon. Value, £510. Patron, SirH. Lowther, Bart. The church is early English, with a Tudor tower. There are an endowed school with £18 a year, and charities £16.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Hunslet
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: Post-1835 – Ripon, Pre-1836 – York
- Rural Deanery: Pontefract
- Poor Law Union: Great Preston Gilbert Union
- Hundred: Skyrack
- Province: York