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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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Swillington CP/AP Hunslet RegD/PLPar/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Swillington |
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