- Swanland
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 53.739903
longitude = -0.490498
official_name = Swanland
population = 3,688 (2001 census)
civil_parish = Swanland
unitary_england =East Riding of Yorkshire
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
lieutenancy_england =East Riding of Yorkshire
constituency_westminster = Haltemprice and Howden
post_town = NORTH FERRIBY
postcode_district = HU14
postcode_area = HU
dial_code = 01482
os_grid_reference = SE996281Swanland is a village and
civil parish in theEast Riding of Yorkshire inEngland . The village is about Convert|7|mi|km|lk=on to the west ofKingston upon Hull city centre and Convert|2|mi|km|lk=off north of theRiver Humber on the B1231 road. To the east liesWest Ella , to the west (separated by some farmland) lies Melton and to the south liesNorth Ferriby . According to the 2001 UK census, Swanland parish had a population of 3,688.cite web
url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=791049&c=Swanland&d=16&e=15&g=391306&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1211321165919&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
title = 2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Swanland CP (Parish)
accessdate = 2008-05-20
work = Neighbourhood Statistics
publisher =Office for National Statistics ] At the centre of the village is a pond on whichswan s have been kept. However, due to the small size of the pond and the killing of one of the swans by a car, the birds are no longer allowed to be kept on the pond.Swanland is twinned with the village of
Lestrem in NorthernFrance .There are two main churches in the village:
St. Barnabas is aChurch of England church, and Christ Church is aMethodist / United Reformed church. Swanland Primary School is in the centre of the village and teaches around 400 children from ages 4 to 11.References
External links
* [http://www.swanland.info Swanland Village Association Website]
*Derek Brooks, Shirley Dalby and John Holmes, local historians, have recently written two books titled "A NEW HISTORY OF SWANLAND" and a third is due for publication. The first is subtitled: The Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries.The second is: The School and The Twentieth century.The third about to be published will be The Medieval to Stuart times and the Churches
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