Swinden

{{Short description|Village in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{Distinguish|Swindon}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| static_image = Swinden Hall.jpg

| static_image_caption = Swinden Hall, built in 1657

| coordinates = {{coord|53.98526|-2.21343|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Swinden

| population = 20

| civil_parish = Hellifield

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Skipton and Ripon

| post_town = Skipton

| postcode_district = BD23

| postcode_area = BD

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SD861543

}}

Swinden is a village in the civil parish of Hellifield, in North Yorkshire, England. It is near Halton West and Nappa and about {{convert|7|mi}} north of Barnoldswick. The population was estimated at 20 in 2010.{{cite web|publisher=North Yorkshire County Council|title=Population Estimates|year=2010|url=http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|access-date=27 June 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133520/http://www.northyorks.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=16424&p=0|archivedate=13 January 2012}}

Swinden was historically a township in the ancient parish of Gisburn in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Gisburn/more.html Genuki. Parish of Gisburn] It became a separate civil parish in 1866.[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10470845/relationships Vision of Britain website] It was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire in 1974. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 2014 and amalgamated with the parish of Hellifield.{{cite web|url=http://www.cravendc.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=3957&p=0|title = The Craven District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) Order 2011|accessdate=27 August 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/north%20yorkshire.html|title=North Yorkshire Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=25 November 2023}} From 1974 to 2023 it was part of the district of Craven, it is now administered by the unitary North Yorkshire Council.