Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Swinton

Swinton, a village in Old Monkland parish, Lanarkshire, ½mile N of Baillieston, and 6 miles E of Glasgow. Pop. (1861) 386, (1871) 346, (1881) 619.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

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Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Old Monkland ScoP       Lanarkshire ScoCnty
Place: Swinton

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