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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 238 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SWINTON , an See also:

urban See also:district in the See also:Rotherham See also:parliamentary See also:division of the See also:West See also:Riding of See also:Yorkshire, See also:England, 102 m. N.E. of See also:Sheffield, on the Midland, See also:North Eastern and See also:Great Central See also:railways. Pop. (1891), 9705; (1901), 12,217. It is situated at the junction of the Dearne and See also:Dove See also:navigation with the See also:river See also:Don navigation. In the See also:churchyard of St See also:Margaret's See also:church (rebuilt in 1817) two beautiful See also:Norman See also:arches of the old church are preserved. There are collieries, quarries and brickfields in the neighbourhood. There are also See also:flint and See also:glass-See also:bottle See also:works, ironworks (for stoves, grates, fenders and See also:kitchen ranges), and earthenware manufactures. The See also:town was formerly renowned for its See also:Rockingham See also:ware. A See also:free See also:warren was granted to Swinton by See also:Henry II.

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