In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swindale like this:
SWINDALE, a chapelry in Shap parish, Westmoreland; 4¼ miles SW of Shap r. station. Post town, Penrith. Pop., 73. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Carlisle. Value, £56. Patron, the Vicar of Shap.
Swindale through time
Swindale is now part of Eden district. Click here for graphs and data of how Eden has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Swindale itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swindale, in Eden and Westmorland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23082
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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