Swinnow

Swinnow
Swinnow Avenue, Swinnow, 2009
Swinnow is located in Leeds
Swinnow
Swinnow
Swinnow is located in West Yorkshire
Swinnow
Swinnow
Location within West Yorkshire
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPUDSEY
Postcode districtLS13
Dialling code0113
PoliceWest Yorkshire
FireWest Yorkshire
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UK Parliament
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UK
England
Yorkshire
53°48′07″N 1°38′42″W / 53.802°N 1.645°W / 53.802; -1.645

Swinnow (derived from Anglo-Saxon Swin (swine) and how (hill),[1] possibly also a contraction of "Swine Moor" in the Yorkshire dialect) is a housing estate in west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated between Bramley and Pudsey on the west side of the outskirts of Leeds and is currently part of the Leeds City Council ward of Pudsey.

  1. ^ James Wardell (1853). The Antiquities of the Borough of Leeds, described and illustrated. John Russell Smith, London; Moxon and Walker, Leeds. p. 12.