In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swineshead like this:
SWINESHEAD, a parish in St. Neots district, Hunts; 3 miles SW of Kimbolton r. station. Post town, Kimbolton, under St. Neots. Acres, 1,330. Real property, £1,759. Pop., 275. houses, 61. The manor belongs to the Duke of Manchester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £300. Patron, the Duke of Manchester. The church is good, and has a spire.
Swineshead through time
Swineshead is now part of Bedford district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bedford has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swineshead itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swineshead, in Bedford and Huntingdonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14518
Date accessed: 21st May 2024
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