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SWANWICK, Derbyshire

"SWANWICK is a hamlet, in the parish of Alfreton, about a mile and a half S.W. from that town. There are places of worship for baptists and Wesleyan methodists, and a free-school, erected and endowed in 1740 by Mrs. Elizabeth Turner. Population returned with the parish."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Cemeteries

• The Jacksdale and Westwood Community and Heritage site has photographs and a transcription of Swanwick War Memorial. Please follow their link to "Other Local Memorials" from their menu on the left side of the page.

Directories

• Directory for Alfreton, with the hamlet of Swanwick, the chapelry of Riddings, Shirland with Higham and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Swanwick by Ann Andrews. Added 6 Dec 2005.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Swanwick from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Population

• Census Statistics - the population figures for the village of Swanwick are as follows:-

  1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891
  							1604	1747	1934
  1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991
  1914	3138	3366	3804	4157	3724	3920	3970	4918

  1871-1901 - Ecclesiastical Parish

  1911 onwards - Ward

  The above census statistics have been contributed by Joseph Platt.

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