In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Swinton like this:
SWINTON, a chapelry, with a village, in Eccles parish, Lancashire; near Patricroft r. station, 4½ mile WNW of Manchester. It has a post-office‡ under Manchester. Pop., about 6,000. There are several good residences. Cotton manufacture and brick-making are carried on. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £230.* Patron, the Vicar of Eccles. The church is plain. There are Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and the Manchester industrial schools.
Swinton through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Swinton, in Salford and Lancashire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/480
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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