Swallownest

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Swallownest
Yorkshire
West Riding
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High Street
Location
Grid reference: SK449852
Location: 53°21’44"N, 1°19’30"W
Data
Population: 15,022  (est.)
Post town: Sheffield
Postcode: S26
Dialling code: 0114
Local Government
Council: Rotherham
Parliamentary
constituency:
Rother Valley

Swallownest is a village in the West Riding of Yorkshire, four miles south of Rotherham and seven miles from Sheffield.

Swallownest borders the Sheffield suburb of Woodhouse to the west, Beighton to the southwest, the small village of Aston to the east, and Aughton to the north. The village is also served by Woodhouse railway station.

History

According to White's directory of 1833, Swallow Nest was the name of the Toll bar and public house, the home of J. Ward, a victualler and H. Ward, a wheelwright.[1]

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