Swineshead, Huntingdonshire
Historical Description
Swineshead, a parish in Hunts, 3 miles SW of Kimbolton railway station. Post town, Kimbolton, under St Neots. The manor belongs to the Duke of Manchester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely; net value, £95 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Manchester. The church is good, and has a spire.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Huntingdonshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Swineshead St. Nicholas | |
Hundred | Leightonstone | |
Poor Law union | St. Neots |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Swineshead from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Swineshead (St. Nicholas))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Huntindonshire is available to browse.