Swinton is a town in the

City of Salford The City of Salford () is a metropolitan borough within Greater Manchester, England. The borough is named after its main settlement, Salford. The borough covers the towns of Eccles, Swinton, Walkden and Pendlebury, as well as the villages ...

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, England. southwest of the

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, northwest of

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, adjoining the town of

Pendlebury Pendlebury is a town in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 13,069. It lies north-west of Manchester city centre, north-west of Salford and south-east of Bolton. Historically in Lancash ...

and suburb of

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. In 2014, it had a population of 22,931.

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, for centuries Swinton was a small

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in the

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, parish of Eccles and hundred of Salfordshire.. The name Swinton is derived from the

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"Swynton" meaning "swine town". In the

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, Swinton was held by the religious orders of the

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and

Whalley Abbey Whalley Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Whalley, Lancashire, England. After the dissolution of the monasteries, the abbey was largely demolished and a country house was built on the site. In the 20th century the house was modified ...

. Farming was the main industry, with locals supplementing their incomes by

hand-loom A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The precise shape of the loom and its mechanics may vary, but th ...

woollen Woolen (American English) or woollen (Commonwealth English) is a type of yarn made from carded wool. Woolen yarn is soft, light, stretchy, and full of air. It is thus a good insulator, and makes a good knitting yarn. Woolen yarn is in contrast t ...

weaving in the

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Collieries Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use c ...

opened in the

Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going f ...

and Swinton became an important industrial area with coal providing the fuel for the cotton spinning and

brick A brick is a type of block used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction. Properly, the term ''brick'' denotes a block composed of dried clay, but is now also used informally to denote other chemically cured cons ...

making industries. Bricks from Swinton were used for industrial projects including the

Bridgewater Canal The Bridgewater Canal connects Runcorn, Manchester and Leigh, Greater Manchester, Leigh, in North West England. It was commissioned by Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was ...

, which passes Swinton to the south. The adoption of the

factory system The factory system is a method of manufacturing using machinery and division of labor. Because of the high capital cost of machinery and factory buildings, factories are typically privately owned by wealthy individuals or corporations who empl ...

facilitated a process of unplanned

urbanisation Urbanization (or urbanisation) refers to the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change. It is predominantly the ...

in the area, and by the mid-19th century Swinton was an important

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and

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district at a convergence of factories, brickworks and a newly constructed road and railway network.. Following the

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, Swinton was united with neighbouring Pendlebury to become an

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of Lancashire. Swinton and Pendlebury received a

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in 1934, giving it honorific borough status. In the same year, the United Kingdom's first purpose-built intercity highway—the major A580 road (East Lancashire Road), which terminates at Swinton and Pendlebury's southern boundary—was officially opened by

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. Swinton and Pendlebury became part of the

in 1974. Swinton is the seat of Salford City Council and a

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, supported by its transport network and proximity to

History

The name Swinton derives from the

''swin'', pigs and ''tun'', an enclosure, farmstead or manor estate. An early form was Swynton. During the

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, Swinton belonged to

. Later, lands at Swinton were granted to Thurston Tyldesley, then o
Wardley Hall
Documents record that certain areas belonged to the

. In 1817 some Swinton weavers joined in the

Blanketeers The Blanketeers or Blanket March was a demonstration organised in Manchester in March 1817. The intention was for the participants, who were mainly Lancashire weavers, to march to London and petition the Prince Regent over the desperate state o ...

' demonstration and marched to London to put their grievances to the

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. In 1842 some Swinton people took part in Chartist agitations and tried to destroy a local colliery. Sunday schools and libraries were established in Swinton at quite an early period. Swinton Industrial School was visited by

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. The school was created by the Manchester Poor Law Union. In contrast with other institutions for the poor around that time, which were places of final resort, the Swinton Industrial School was built in response to a more enlightened attitude. The Manchester Poor Law Union saw the value of a place where children could be cared for and educated. The school opened in 1843 and survived until the 1920s. During demolition of the school buildings in the early 1930s, the foundations proved particularly difficult. Finally explosives were used, which resulted in a huge number of rats being disturbed. It was a number of weeks before council workers could remove the rats from the surrounding streets and houses. Huge nests of baby rats were carried out of the rafters of many buildings. The site was used for the present town hall.

Governance

Swinton and Pendlebury Council - coat of arms

Lying within the historic county boundaries of

since the early 12th century, Swinton anciently formed part of the

hundred of Salford The Salford Hundred (also known as Salfordshire) was one of the subdivisions of the historic county of Lancashire, in Northern England (see:Hundred (county division). Its name alludes to its judicial centre being the township of Salford (the s ...

(civil jurisdiction). Swinton was a

chapelry A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century. Status It had a similar status to a township but was so named as it had a chapel of ease (chapel) which was the communi ...

in the

and ecclesiastical parish of Eccles. Swinton's first

local authority Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...

was a

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established in 1867. A regulatory body responsible for standards of hygiene and sanitation, it covered Swinton itself and the majority of the neighbouring township of

. It changed its name to Swinton and Pendlebury Local Board of Health in 1869. Following the

, Swinton became a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

, and the area of the local board became Swinton and Pendlebury UD, an

of the

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of Lancashire. In 1907 there were exchanges of land with the neighbouring Worsley Urban District, and in 1933 most of

and a part of

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Urban District were added to Swinton and Pendlebury. Swinton and Pendlebury received its

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as a

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from

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at a ceremony in

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on 29 September 1934. In 1955 a very small part of Worsley Urban District was added to Swinton and Pendlebury. Under the

Local Government Act 1972 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...

, the Municipal Borough of Swinton of Pendlebury was abolished, and Swinton has since 1 April 1974 formed an

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of the

, a

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in the

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Geography

Swinton lies at (53.5122°, -2.3412°), northwest of

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, and west-northwest of

. Topographically, Swinton occupies an area of gently sloping ground, roughly above sea level, and is on the south side of the

. Swinton lies in the west-central part of the

Greater Manchester Urban Area The Greater Manchester Built-up Area is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), consisting of the large conurbation that encompasses the urban element of the city of Manchester and the metropolitan area that forms ...

, the UK's second largest conurbation. The

M60 motorway The M60 motorway, Manchester Ring Motorway or Manchester Outer Ring Road is an orbital motorway in North West England. Built over a 40-year period, it passes through most of Greater Manchester's metropolitan boroughs except for Wigan and Bol ...

passes Swinton on its northwest side.

Landmarks

The architectural centrepiece of the town is the neoclassical

Salford Civic Centre Salford Civic Centre, formerly Swinton and Pendlebury Town Hall, is a municipal building at Chorley Road, in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England. It is the administrative headquarters of Salford City Council. History The Swinton and Pendlebur ...

, which has a 125-foot (38 m) high clock tower. It was built as Swinton and Pendlebury Town Hall, when Swinton and

received its

. Before its construction, council meetings were held in Victoria House in

, but the

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required larger premises. A competition was launched to design the new

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; the winners were architects

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and Ernest Prestwich with a design that closely resembled

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. It later won the

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Gold Medal.Salford City Council websit
Salford Civic Centre
Updated 16 July 2010 (retrieved 2011-11-13) The site of the former Swinton Industrial School on Chorley Road was purchased for £12,500 and the foundation stone of the new town hall laid on 16 October 1936. The main builders were J. Gerrard's and Son of Swinton. The town hall opened on 17 September 1938. Extensions were built when it became the administrative headquarters of the

in 1974

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is an early

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and a Grade I

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, and is the official residence of the Roman Catholic bishops of

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Transport

Swinton is served by two railway stations on the Manchester-Southport line. Swinton railway station is near the town centre on Station Road (B5231), just over the boundary in

. The other station is

Moorside railway station Moorside railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wardley, Greater Manchester, England. The station stands on Moorside Road, close to the junction with Chorley Road ( A6). Moorside is a local station on the Atherton Line betwe ...

near the top of Moorside Road, close to its junction with Chorley Road (A6). Until 1974 it was known as ''Moorside and Wardley'' railway station. Several bus lines also run through Swinton, leading to Manchester city centre, Bolton and Trafford, among others.

Sports

Swinton RLFC has an impressive record in

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considering the size of the town. The club's six Championship and three

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wins is better than the record of their local rivals Salford RLFC. The club was based just over the local boundary in

until 1992, when financial mismanagement necessitated a move from the Station Road ground to play at

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. The financial failure of main creditor and ''de facto'' owner Hugh Eaves in 2002 put the future of the club in jeopardy and it spent a short time regrouping at Moor Lane in

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, as tenants of Salford City F.C. From 2003, the Lions played home games at

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, Whitefield, home of

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. In 2006, the club acquired land to build a 6,000 capacity stadium with training facilities and community use in Agecroft, Pendlebury. After ground-sharing with

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and

, the club moved to

Heywood Road Heywood Road is a rugby stadium in Sale, Greater Manchester, England, which has been the home ground of rugby union side Sale F.C. since 1905. It was the home ground of spin-off professional club Sale Sharks until they moved to Edgeley Park, ...

, Sale, home of Sale Rugby Union F.C. for the 2016 season onwards. Swinton based junior association football side Deans F.C. was the starting point in the career of

Ryan Giggs Ryan Joseph Giggs (né Wilson; 29 November 1973) is a Welsh association football, football coach and former player. Regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation, Giggs played his List of one-club men in association football, entir ...

, who grew up in neighbouring Pendlebury and went on to become a

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player, and also of

Dean Holden Dean Thomas John Holden (born 15 September 1979) is an English manager who is currently the manager of League One club Charlton Athletic. During a career which began at Bolton Wanderers in 1998 and ended with a two-year stint at Walsall from 201 ...

Schools

Primary

* Mossfield Primary School * Broadoak Primary School * The Deans Primary School * Grosvenor Road Primary School * Moorside Primary School * St Charles' RC Primary School * St Mary's RC Primary School * St Peter's CE Primary School * Wardley CE Primary School

St Peter's CE Primary School

St Peter's CE Primary School ( ) is a

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primary school located on Vicarage Road, Swinton; it is next to St Peter's Church and is a two-minute walk from

Swinton Shopping Centre Swinton Square, formerly known as Swinton Shopping Centre, is a shopping centre located between Chorley Road (A6) and Swinton Hall Road in Swinton, near Manchester, England. The centre was built in 1966. Swinton Square houses a diverse number of ...

. The school is also located near

(formerly Swinton and Pendlebury Town Hall). St Peter's School is split into two areas, Juniors and Infants. Like most primary schools in England, St. Peter's caters to children aged 3 to 11 (Years 1 to 6). In January 2011 the school placed 12th in the list of most popular primary schools in the city of Salford, with there being 30 places available with 40 parents listing the school as the first choice for their children leaving a surplus of 10 children. St Peter's is a feeder school for Moorside High School. At the time of the previous inspection children's skills on entry to the Nursery were below average but they have declined since then and are now well below average. St. Peter's C. E. Primary School was not originally on the site that it now sits upon (the original 19th century school was where the Swinton Shopping Centre now stands). It was a much smaller school and therefore a much bigger building was needed. The current building started being constructed in 1905 and the work was finished in 1906. The school first opened its doors 1906 and has remained virtually unchanged ever since. The school is subject to frequent outbreaks of vandalism and theft of outdoor and computer equipment. The school made the news in August 2016 when it was discovered that, James King, a teacher and head of year at the school had been stealing laptops and iPads to fund a gambling habit; in total he took the devices into different pawnbrokers to gain £1,620. He has since been banned from teaching indefinitely. The school achieved: *Basic Skills Quality Mark in November 2005. *Healthy Schools Award in spring 2006 and the Artsmark Silver Award in May 2006. School productions have included

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' (often colloquially known as ''Joseph'') is a sung-through musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the character of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis. Thi ...

, performed in 2001,

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatur ...

, performed in 2002 and

Oliver! ''Oliver!'' is a coming-of-age stage musical, with book, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the 1838 novel '' Oliver Twist'' by Charles Dickens. It premiered at the Wimbledon Theatre, southwest London in 1960 before op ...

, performed in 2003. The school staged another prefromance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 2008 to say farewell to the then Headteacher, Mrs Walker as this was the first performance she experienced at the school. Notable former pupils include: * Brett Cullen, Groot's stunt double in Guardians of the Galaxy Two. *

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Presenter Chris Johnson who attended between 2000 and 2002, Who went on to attend Moorside High School. *

Salford City Radio Salford City Radio is a community radio station based in Salford, Greater Manchester. It launched in September 2007 after securing a five-year FM licence to broadcast full-time on 94.4 MHz. The station broadcasts a mixture of community new ...

Presenter Lewis Ryan who attended until 2002, Who also went on to attend Moorside High School.

Secondary

* Moorside High School, Deans Road, Swinton * St Ambrose Barlow RC High School, Ash Drive, Wardley, Swinton *

Co-op Academy Swinton The Co-op Academy Swinton is in Greater Manchester, England. Although named ''The Swinton High School'' in September 1988 when ''Wardley High School'' and ''Pendlebury High School'' merged, forming a single comprehensive school for pupils aged 1 ...

Churches

*St Peter's C of E, Chorley Road, Swinton *All Saints' C of E, Charles Street, Swinton *Holy Rood C of E, Moorside Road, Swinton *St Charles' RC, Moorside Road, Swinton *United Reformed, Worsley Road, Swinton *Worsley Road Methodist, Worsley Road, Swinton *Latter-Day Saints, Partington Lane, Swinton *Bethesda Hall, Worsley Road, Swinton *Manchester Road Methodist, Manchester Road, Swinton *Jehovah's Witnesses, Swinton Hall Road, Swinton

Notable people

* Composer

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (8 September 1934 – 14 March 2016) was an English composer and conductor, who in 2004 was made Master of the Queen's Music. As a student at both the University of Manchester and the Royal Manchester College of Music ...

, previously

Master of the Queen's Music Master of the King's Music (or Master of the Queen's Music, or earlier Master of the King's Musick) is a post in the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. The holder of the post originally served the monarch of England, directing the court orche ...

, was brought up in Swinton after his family moved from Salford when he was four. In 1998, he wrote ''Swinton Jig'', an orchestral work inspired by the sounds and traditional melodies heard in Swinton during his childhood. * Composer and pianist

Roger Smalley John Roger Smalley (26 July 1943 – 18 August 2015) was an Anglo-Australian composer, pianist and conductor. Professor Smalley was a senior honorary research fellow at the School of Music, University of Western Australia in Perth and honorary ...

was born in Swinton in 1943. * Cricketer Charles Woods (1878–1940) was born in Swinton.

References

Notes

Bibliography

* *

External links

Salford City Council's history for SwintonSalford City Council's local information for SwintonSwinton and Pendlebury dedicated website Queensmere Heritage trail dedicated siteSt Peter's Church of England Primary School official site
{{Authority control Geography of Salford Towns in Greater Manchester

History

Governance

Geography

Landmarks

Transport

Sports

Schools

Primary

St Peter's CE Primary School

Secondary

Churches

Notable people

See also

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links