In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hoyland Swaine like this:
HOYLAND-SWAINE, a village and a township in Silkstone parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an eminence, 2 miles E of Penistone r. station, and 5½ W by S of Barnsley; and is a straggling place.-The township comprises 1, 936 acres. Real property, £2, 450. Pop., 689. Houses, 136. The manor belongs to E. Buckley, Esq. A chapelry was constituted here in 1867, and a church for it built in 1869; but no statistics of it have been returned. There are a New Connexion Methodist chapel and a national school.
Hoyland Swaine through time
Hoyland Swaine is now part of Barnsley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Barnsley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hoyland Swaine itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hoyland Swaine, in Barnsley and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/65
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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