Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Swinton

Swinton.-- town and eccl. dist., Eccles par., SE. Lancashire, 4 miles NW. of Manchester - dist., pop. 10,253; town (Swinton and Pendlebury), pop. 18,107; P.O., T.O.; is a local government district, and has brick making and mfrs. of cotton.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "town and ecclesiastical district"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Swinton CP       Lancashire AncC
Place: Swinton

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