Swine, East Riding of Yorkshire
Swine is a village and
civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Hull city centre and 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Skirlaugh to the west of the A165 road
.
The place-name 'Swine' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Swine. It appears as Suine in a charter of circa 1150. The name perhaps derives from the Old English swin meaning 'creek'.[2]
In about 1625,
Quaker writer was born here.[3]
The civil parish of Swine consists of the village of Swine and the
2001 UK census figure of 143.[4]
The Priory Church of St Mary the Virgin was designated a Grade I listed building in 1966 and is now recorded in the National Heritage List for England, maintained by Historic England.[5]
Swine was served from 1864 to 1964 by Swine railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway.[6]
Two miles south-west of the village are the earthwork remains of the medieval Swine Castle that is a
Scheduled Ancient Monument.[7]
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ Ekwall, Eilert. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names. p. 457.
- . Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ^ UK Census (2001). "Local Area Report – Swine Parish (00FB143)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1083427)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
- OL 11956311M.
- ^ Historic England. "Swine Castle Hill (1008042)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- Gazetteer — A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets. East Riding of Yorkshire Council. 2006. p. 10.
External links
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- Swine in the Domesday Book