Swine, East Riding of Yorkshire
Historical Description
Swine, a township and a parish in the E.R. Yorkshire. The township lies on the Hull and Hornsea railway, on which it has a station, 7 miles NNE of Hull, and has a post office under Hull; money order and telegraph office, North Skirlaugh. Acreage of the township, 2286; population, 201; of the ecclesiastical parish, 756. The manor belongs to the Crown. The parish also includes the townships of Coniston, Thortleby, Ellerby, and Burton Constable. A Cistercian nunnery was founded here in the time of Stephen by R. de Verli, and was given at the dissolution to the Greshams. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York; gross value, .6146 with residence. The church is ancient, and consists of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, S porch, and an embattled western tower; it contains several old monuments to the Hiltons, &c., and a reredos erected in 1877. The vicarages of Skirlaugh and Bilton-in-Holderness are separate benefices.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Yorkshire | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Swine St. Mary | |
| Poor Law union | Skirlaugh | |
| Riding | East | |
| Wapentake | Holderness |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast, in conjunction with various Archives, Local Studies, and Family History Societies have the following parish records online for Swine:
| Baptisms | Banns | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1706-1914 | 1733-1930 | 1706-1929 | 1706-1937 |
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Swine from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Swine (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for the East Riding of Yorkshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Swine are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following East Riding newspapers online: