- Swinnow
Swinnow (A Yorkshireised contraction of "Swine Moor") is a district of west
Leeds ,West Yorkshire ,England . It is sited between Bramley andPudsey on the west side of the outer areas of Leeds.History
Bramley and Swinnow were part of the Leeds
rhubarb fields--which in turn formed part of the so called 'Rhubarb Triangle '--which accounted for a large portion of British rhubarb production from the 1800s until the second world war. Every January at rhubarb picking time a special train would depart Bramley station at 8:30pm every night bound formarket towns all over the country ready for the next day.After the second world war the population of Leeds was growing and consequently new cheap
council houses were needed and the acres of fields in the Swinnow/Bramley area were perfect. They were sold on compulsory purchase to the council and development started onhousing estates over the old rhubarb fields.Although Swinnow is now cleanly integrated into the larger Leeds area, there are still people living in the area who remember how it was years before, their stories, memories and knowledge were compiled into a small volume published by
Patchwork press in 1994.ee also
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Leeds
*Rhubarb Triangle References
"Swinnow Memories" A celebration of stories from the past - Patchwork press - 1994 - ISBN 1-873247-16-8
External links
*cite web |url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WRY/Leeds/index.html |title=The Ancient Parish of Leeds |publisher=
GENUKI Historical and genealogical resource for area including Swinnow
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