Swinton, Ryedale

{{short description|Village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England}}

{{use British English|date=January 2019}}

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{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|54.14954|-0.83936|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Swinton

| population = 608

| population_ref = (2011 census){{NOMIS2011|id=1170217301|title=Swinton Parish|accessdate=15 January 2019}}

| civil_parish = Swinton

| unitary_england = North Yorkshire

| lieutenancy_england = North Yorkshire

| region = Yorkshire and the Humber

| constituency_westminster = Thirsk and Malton

| post_town = MALTON

| postcode_district = YO17

| postcode_area = YO

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SE759732

}}

Swinton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is about {{convert|2|mi}} west of Malton on the B1257 road,{{cite map|title =Howardian Hills & Malton |map =300 |year = 2015|scale =1:25,000 |series =Explorer |publisher =Ordnance Survey |isbn =9780319245521 }} and is on the edge of the Howardian Hills AONB to the immediate north.{{cite web |title=Amotherby & Swinton Background Paper |url=https://www.ryedaleplan.org.uk/images/Site_plans/Publication/Amotherby_and_Swinton_background_paper.pdf |website=ryedaleplan.org.uk |accessdate=15 January 2019 |page=4 |date=October 2017}} The village appears in the Domesday Book as 'Swintune' which is derived from 'pig farm'.{{cite book|last1=Ekwall|first1=Eilert|title=The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names|date=1960|publisher=Clarendon Press|location=Oxford|isbn=0-19-869103-3|page=457|edition=4}}{{cite web |title=Swinton {{!}} Domesday Book |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/SE7573/swinton/ |website=opendomesday.org |accessdate=15 January 2019}}{{cite web |title=Parishes: Appleton le Street {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/north/vol1/pp464-471 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk |accessdate=15 January 2019}}