Swinton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1718 from a chapelry in Wath upon Dearne Ancient Parish and Mexborough Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Swinton Bridge, Kilnhurst, and Birdwell Flat.
Alternative names: Swinton near Rotherham, Wath upon Dearne St Margaret, Swinton with Birdwell Flat and Kilnhurst
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1800
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1815
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SWINTON, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Wath-upon-Dearne parish, W. R. Yorkshire.
The village stands near the Dearne and Dove navigation, and near the junction of the North Midland and the South Yorkshire railways, 4½ miles NNE of Rotherham; and has a post-office under Rotherham, and a r. station with telegraph.
The township contains also S.-Bridge and Birdwell-Flat hamlets and part of Kilnhurst. Acres, 1,628. Real property, £6,599. Pop. in 1851, 1,817; in 1861, 3,190. Houses, 659. The increase of pop. arose from extension of coal mining, bottle-making, the iron trade, and railway traffic. The manor belongs to Earl Fitz-William. There are an extensive pottery, extensive glass-works, an establishment of the South Yorkshire railway for repairing engines and waggons, and the Swinton iron-works. The limits include part of Kilnhurst chapelry. Pop. of S. chapelry, 2,317.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of York. Value, £300. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church was rebuilt in 1817, at a cost of £6,500. There are an Independent chapel, a Wesleyan chapel, and two national schools.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Yorkshire, Swinton (near Rotherham) – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions for St. Margaret’s Church, Swinton, Yorkshire, ca. 1850-1950
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Swinton (near Rotherham, Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Swinton (near Rotherham) – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Swinton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
Early censuses : Swinton, 1801, 1811, 1821, 1831 ; Warmsworth, 1829
Author: Lindley, Pamela; Doncaster & District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Swinton (near Rotherham) – Church records ( 9 )
Baptism transcripts, 1885-1933
Author: Methodist Church (Swinton Bridge, Yorkshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Swinton, near Rotherham, 1815-1849
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Swinton (near Rotherham, Yorkshire)
Churchwarden assessments and accounts, township, Overseers of the poor, apprenticeship, bastardy, removal, settlement, constables, militia
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Swinton (near Rotherham, Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Swinton (near Rotherham), parish registers, 1800-1982
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Swinton (near Rotherham, Yorkshire); Doncaster Council Archives (Yorkshire); University of York. Borthwick Institute
Parish chest records for Swinton, near Rotherham, 1777-1861
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Swinton (near Rotherham, Yorkshire)
Parish register transcripts, 1800-1892
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Swinton (near Rotherham, Yorkshire)
Parish registers for Swinton, near Rotherham, 1800-1900
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Swinton (near Rotherham, Yorkshire)
Swinton St Margaret : baptisms 1800 to 1939, burials 1817 to 1900, Dade register 1785 to 1815 and much more —
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
West Doncaster Deanery burials : directories, notes & graphics
Author: Doncaster & District Family History Society
England, Yorkshire, Swinton (near Rotherham) – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Swinyton by Sheffield, Yorks., Eng
England, Yorkshire, Swinton (near Rotherham) – Directories ( 1 )
Swinton, 1901
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
England, Yorkshire, Swinton (near Rotherham) – Maps ( 1 )
Swinton, 1901
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
England, Yorkshire, Swinton (near Rotherham) – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Churchwarden assessments and accounts, township, Overseers of the poor, apprenticeship, bastardy, removal, settlement, constables, militia
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Swinton (near Rotherham, Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Swinton (near Rotherham) – Public records ( 1 )
Churchwarden assessments and accounts, township, Overseers of the poor, apprenticeship, bastardy, removal, settlement, constables, militia
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Swinton (near Rotherham, Yorkshire)
England, Yorkshire, Swinton (near Rotherham) – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Swinton township, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Yorkshire)
Land tax assessments, 1836-1899
Author: Swinton (near Rotherham, Yorkshire)
Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Rotherham
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: Doncaster
- Poor Law Union: Rotherham
- Hundred: Strafforth and Tickhill
- Province: York
