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{{Short description|Village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2014}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name            = Swanland
| country                  = England
| region                   = Yorkshire and the Humber
| static_image_name        = Swanland - geograph.org.uk - 1570793.jpg
| static_image_width       =
| static_image_caption     = Swanland Village
| population               = 3,802
| population_ref           = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]])<ref name="2011 census"/>
| os_grid_reference        = SE996281
| coordinates              = {{coord|53.739903|-0.490498|display=inline,title}}
| label_position           = top
| post_town                = NORTH FERRIBY
| postcode_area            = HU
| postcode_district        = HU14
| dial_code                = 01482
| constituency_westminster = [[Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency)|Haltemprice and Howden]]
| civil_parish             = Swanland
| unitary_england          = [[East Riding of Yorkshire]]
| lieutenancy_england      = [[East Riding of Yorkshire]]
}}
'''Swanland''' is a village and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[East Riding of Yorkshire]] in England. The village is about {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} to the west of [[Kingston upon Hull]] city centre and {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} north of the [[Humber Estuary]] in the foothills of the [[Yorkshire Wolds]] on the [[B1231 road]].
==Geography==
The village of Swanland is located approximately {{convert|7|mi|km}} to the west of the centre of [[Kingston upon Hull]] on the eastern fringes of the [[Yorkshire Wolds]]. The village is distinct from other settlements in the area, separated by fields. To the east are the townships of [[West Ella]], [[Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire|Willerby]] and [[Anlaby]]; to the south-east [[Hessle]] and to the south-west [[North Ferriby]].<ref name="osm">Ordnance Survey 1:25000 2006</ref>
The civil parish of Swanland is surrounded by the parishes of [[North Ferriby]], [[Welton, East Riding of Yorkshire|Welton]], [[Skidby]], [[Kirk Ella]], and [[Hessle]] to the south, west, north, north-east and east respectively, with the [[A63 road]] forming part of the southern boundary, ''Melton Bottom'' road the western boundary, and the [[A164 road|A164]] approximating to the eastern boundary.<ref name="osm"/> The parish is between around {{convert|50|and|90|m}} above sea level, with a peak of {{convert|92|m}} on the western outskirts of the village, close to the location of a water tower.<ref name="osm"/>
Swanland offers fine views of the surrounding countryside,{{sfn|Swanland CAA|2006|p=3}} particularly across the [[Humber Estuary]], as has been noted historically.<ref name="tic"/>
According to the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 UK census]], Swanland parish had a population of 3,802,<ref name="2011 census">{{NOMIS2011
| id = 1170211271
| title = Swanland Parish
| accessdate = 26 February 2018}}</ref> an increase on the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 UK census]] figure of 3,688.<ref name="2001 census">{{NOMIS2001
| id = 00FB142
| title = Swanland Parish
| accessdate = 14 June 2019
}}
</ref>
Swanland lies within the Parliamentary constituency of [[Haltemprice and Howden (UK Parliament constituency)|Haltemprice and Howden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/haltempriceandhowden/|title=Haltemprice and Howden|access-date=11 May 2015|work = UK Polling Report}}</ref>
===The village===
Swanland village forms a significant part of the civil parish, and is the only place of note within the parish. Near the centre of the village are a pond, as well as library (East Riding of Yorkshire Council operated<ref>{{cite web|url =http://www2.eastriding.gov.uk/leisure/libraries/library-finder/?entryid72=79542&cord=DESC| title =Swanland Library| publisher = East Riding of Yorkshire Council| access-date  =14 September 2014}}</ref>), school (Swanland Primary School<ref>{{cite web| title = Swanland Primary School Academy Trust| url = http://www.swanlandschool.co.uk/|work = www.swanlandschool.co.uk| access-date = 14 September 2014}}</ref>) and public house.<ref name="osm"/> Swanland has a village hall, operating as a [[registered charity]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.swanlandvillagehall.info/index.html| title = Swanland Village Hall| work = www.swanlandvillagehall.info| access-date = 14 September 2014}}</ref> The B1231 road passes through the village.<ref name="osm"/>
There are two churches in the village: St Barnabas is the [[Church of England]] Parish Church;<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.stbchurch.org.uk | title = St Barnabas Church, Swanland| work = www.stbchurch.org.uk| access-date = 14 September 2014}}</ref> and ''Christ Church'', also known as 'The Church by the Pond', is a [[Methodist]] / [[United Reformed Church]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://christchurchswanland.btck.co.uk/| title = Christ Church Swanland| work = christchurchswanland.btck.co.uk| access-date = 14 September 2014}}</ref>
==History==
There is evidence of human activity and habitation in the area around Swanland dating to the [[British Iron Age]]/[[Roman Britain]] period.<ref name="i1"/><ref name="i2"/>
Swanland is not mentioned in the ''[[Domesday Survey]]'',<ref>{{cite book| title = Domesday Gazetter| page = 480| first1 =H. C. |last1 = Darby| first2= G. R.|last2 = Versey| orig-year = 1975| year = 2008}}</ref> though a chapel existed in the medieval period, in the 12th&nbsp;century or earlier,<ref name="c1"/> and a Hall, is thought to have been sited at Swanland from at least the 13th&nbsp;century, when it was the residence of [[Eustace de Vesci]].<ref name="h1"/> In the later medieval period (16th) the Hall was the residence of the Haldenby family.{{sfn|Allen|1831|pp=107–8}} By the late 18th&nbsp;century the Hall was no longer extant.<ref name="tic">{{cite book| title = The History of the Town and County of Kingston Upon Hull From Its Foundation in the Reign of Edward the First to the Present Time | year  =1798| first = John| last = Tickell| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GAk-AQAAMAAJ|at = Notes, pp.&nbsp;883–4}}</ref>
[[File:Swanland House - geograph.org.uk - 1733632.jpg|thumb|left|Swanland House (2010)]]
During the 18th and 19th&nbsp;centuries Swanland, together with other villages west of Hull, became a popular place for wealthy residents of Hull to relocate. Large houses in Swanland included
''Swanland Hall'' (built after 1740), ''Braffords Hall'' (built after 1778), ''Swanland House'' (built 1796, rebuilt {{circa|1860}}), and ''Swanland Manor'' (built 1848, demolished 1935).{{sfn|Pevsner|Neave|1995|p=718}}<ref>{{cite book| title = 'Hull Gent Seeks Country Residence', 1750–1850| first = K.&nbsp;J. |last = Allison| year = 1981| publisher = East Yorkshire Local History Society|pages = 42–3}}</ref>
The [[Congregationalist]] church, 'Christ Church' was built in 1804,<ref name="chap1"/> with porches added in the 1840s, and a [[Primitive Methodist]] chapel built in 1828.{{sfn|Pevsner|Neave|1995|pp=717–8}} In 1831 Swanland had a population of 418.{{sfn|Allen|1831|p=108}} At the mid 19th&nbsp;century Swanland was essentially a  [[linear settlement]] along the east–west ''Mill Lane''/''Main Street'', with the larger halls and manor houses set back from the road in the surrounding land. Outside the village the landscape was rural, enclosed fields, with small scale chalk extraction from pits.<ref>Ordnance Survey Sheet 239 1852</ref>
A school was built 1876, next to the pond.{{sfn|Pevsner|Neave|1995|p=717}} The original church of St Barnabas was built in 1899,{{sfn|Pevsner|Neave|1995|p=717}} established as a "mission room" for the parish of All Saints' North Ferriby.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
[[File:Water Tower, Swanland - geograph.org.uk - 237137.jpg|thumb|upright|Swanland Water Tower, built 1931]]
In 1914 an Institute was built, containing a billiards room and library, funded by [[Sir James Reckitt]].{{sfn|Pevsner|Neave|1995|p=717}} During the 1920s and 30s the village expanded again as a commuter village.{{sfn|Brooks|Dalby|Holmes|2003|pp=75–77}} Electricity was first supplied to the village in 1929 (with street lighting installed 1954).{{sfn|Brooks|Dalby|Holmes|2003|p=83}} A large {{convert|200000|impgal|m3}} circular concrete water tower was built in 1931 by Hull Corporation,{{sfn|Pevsner|Neave|1995|p=718}} replacing an earlier tower built in the 1890s.{{sfn|Brooks|Dalby|Holmes|2003|pp=75–77}}
Outside the village a large chalk pit was dug in the mid 20th&nbsp;century in the southeast corner of the parish (''Humberfield Quarry'', disused by the 1980s and subsequently filled in).<ref name="pit2"/><ref>Ordnance Survey 1:10560/10000 1956, 1968, 1971–80, 1982–8</ref>
Initial post war housing development consisted of [[prefabs in the UK|prefabs]].{{sfn|Brooks|Dalby|Holmes|2003|p=103}} Further house building took place in the 1960s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.{{sfn|Pevsner|Neave|1995|p=718}}{{sfn|Brooks|Dalby|Holmes|2003|pp=103–104}} The population rose steadily from 1,212 in 1951 to around 4,000 in 1998.{{sfn|Brooks|Dalby|Holmes|2003|pp=75–77}}
In 1992 a new St Barnabas church was built to replace the 1899 church, with a large integrated hall and conference facilities.{{sfn|Pevsner|Neave|1995|p=717}} The 'new' church was the first new Anglican Church to be built in the Diocese of York for over 50 years, and was funded primarily by sacrificial giving from members of the congregation under the visionary leadership of first Rev Mike Lowe and then Rev Richard Hill. The church is open 7 days a week, hosting a variety of community groups (Brownies, U3A, etc.) as well as numerous church activities open to all, including a popular parent and toddler group "Cygnets", fortnightly group walks, a weekly coffee morning, collecting for foodbanks, a senior citizens' exercise group, etc.)  The church also hosts a thriving Sunday congregation whose members are actively involved in serving the local community through a lively children's church most Sundays, a healthy youth group and a variety of small groups for all from 11 to 111. Swanland became a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1995.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}}
{{gallery
|File:Christ Church, Swanland - geograph.org.uk - 689232.jpg|'Christ Church' chapel, 1804 (2008)
|File:Swanland Village Hall - geograph.org.uk - 1568559.jpg|Swanland School, 1876, now village hall (2009)
|File:St Barnabas C. of E, Swanland - geograph.org.uk - 885363.jpg|St Barnabas Church, 1992 (2008)
}}
==See also==
*Swanland was formerly twinned with the village of [[Lestrem]] in Northern France.<ref>{{cite web| last= Riley| first= Brendan| title=Swanland – Lestrem Twinning Group| url=http://www.swanland.info/lestrem.htm| work= www.swanland.info|access-date=11 July 2011}}</ref> The twinning arrangement came to an end in the mid-2010s due to a general lack of interest across the village.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
==References==
{{Reflist|30em|refs=
<ref name="i1">{{PastScape|mnumber=1556876|mname=Fragmentary Iron Age/Roman field boundaries|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="i2">{{PastScape|mnumber=1374662|mname=Boundaries and enclosures of Roman date|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="c1">{{PastScape|mnumber=63893|mname=Site of chapel|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="h1">{{PastScape|mnumber=63894|mname=Hall (site of)|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="chap1">{{PastScape|mnumber=1504996|mname=Congregational Chapel, screen walls and Sunday schools|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref>
<ref name="pit2">{{PastScape|mnumber=1556856|mname=A post medieval/20th-century chalk pit|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref>
}}
===Sources===
{{Refbegin}}
*{{cite book|title=Gazetteer: A–Z of Towns Villages and Hamlets|year=2006|publisher=East Riding of Yorkshire Council|pages=10 }}
*{{cite book| work = A new and completed history of the county of York| volume =2| year = 1831 |first = Thomas|last =  Allen| title = Book 4. History and Topographical Survey of the East Riding| url= https://archive.org/stream/newcompletehisto02alle#page/n7/mode/2up }}
*{{cite book | title = Yorkshire: York And the East Riding, Second Edition| first1= Nikolaus|last1= Pevsner| first2= David|last2= Neave| publisher = Yale University Press| year= 1995| isbn = 0-300-09593-7 }}
*{{cite web| url = http://www.swanland.info/PDF/Swanland%20conservation%20appraisal.pdf| title = Swanland Conservation Area Appraisal | date = July 2006| publisher = East Riding of Yorkshire Council|access-date=14 September 2014|ref = {{harvid|Swanland CAA|2006}} }}
{{Refend}}
===Literature===
{{Refbegin}}
*{{cite book| first1 = Linda|last1 =  Collier|first2= John|last2= Holmes |first3= Shirley|last3= Dalby|work = A New History of Swanland|volume =1| title = The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries |year = 2002| url = http://www.swanland.info/PDF/History%20of%20Swanland-18th%20&19thc1.pdf| isbn = 9780954344009}}
*{{cite book| first1 = Derek|last1 =  Brooks|first2= Shirley|last2= Dalby |first3= John|last3= Holmes|work = A New History of Swanland|volume = 2| title =The School and the Twentieth Century | year = 2003| isbn=0954344014 |url=http://www.swanland.info/PDF/History%20of%20%20Swanland%20-%20School%20And%20The%20Twentieth%20Century.pdf }}
*{{cite book| first1 = Derek|last1 =  Brooks|first2= Shirley|last2= Dalby |first3= John|last3= Holmes|work = A New History of Swanland|volume =3| title = The Medieval to Stuart Periods and the Churches | year = 2006 | isbn = 0954344022 }}
*{{cite web| url = http://www.swanland.info/PDF/SwanlandHeritageTrail2009.pdf| title = Swanland Heritage Trail| publisher = Swanland History Group| year = 2009| access-date = 14 September 2014| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140915003803/http://www.swanland.info/PDF/SwanlandHeritageTrail2009.pdf| archive-date = 15 September 2014| df = dmy-all}}
{{Refend}}
==External links==
{{Commons category|Swanland}}
*{{cite web| url = http://www.swanland.info | title = Swanland Village Website| work = www.swanland.info}}
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