Swillington

Other current and historical names

Little Preston
Preston, Little

Built-Up Area: Swillington
Parish/Community: Swillington
Unitary Authority: Leeds
Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 53°46'6"N 1°25'2"W
Eastings/Northings: 438495, 430405
OS Grid: SE384304
Mapcode Local: GBR LSJV.XT
Mapcode Global: WHDBS.6J8S

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Swillington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Swillington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Swillington, par., E. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, 5 miles E. of Leeds, 2627 ac., pop. 823; contains Swillington Hall, seat.

Swillington in the Domesday Book

A village in Skyrack hundred, in the county of Yorkshire.

- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Oda; Dunstan of Swillington
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Ilbert of Lacy
- Taxable Value: 9 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; 10 shillings in 1086
- Households: 2 villagers; 2 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 1 men's plough (5 plough lands)
- Meadow: 4 acres
- Woodland: 4 furlongs
- Churches: 1

British Place Names

Swillington, Leeds

Swillington is a village in Leeds

Swillington in historic gazetteers

Swillington in the Domesday Book