Swarthmoor

Swarthmoor
Lancashire
Swarthmoor Hall
Location
Grid reference:	SD271770
Location:	54°11’1"N, 3°7’7"W
Data
Post town:	Ulverston
Postcode:	LA12
Dialling code:	01229
Local Government
Council:	Westmorland & Furness
Parliamentary constituency:	Barrow and Furness

Swarthmoor is a small village just south-west of Ulverston, in Lancashire, on the Furness peninsula.

Name

Swarthmoor Village was named after its location on the Swarth Moor, which was formerly a marsh covered moorland. The Swarth Moor's name was derived from the word sweart, meaning black.

Swarthmoor Hall

Situated on the outskirts of the village is Swarthmoor Hall, where in 1652 George Fox founded the Quaker movement.

Sport and recreation

• Football: Swarthmoor Social Football Club, founded in 1946

There is a public house in the village - The Miners Arms, as well as a newsagent's half a mile away.

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Swarthmoor)

• Swarthmoor Hall