Henry Swinden (1716–1772) was an English antiquary, known for his history of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
[1] Swinden became a close friend of John Ives, who supported him over 20 years in collecting material for History and Antiquities of the Ancient Burgh of Great Yarmouth, Norwich, 1772.
[1] Swinden associated with Thomas Martin of Palgrave, as Ives did;[2] he acknowledged help with his work from James Nasmith.
[3] It drew on earlier work of Henry Manship, and was abridged in the Norfolk history of Charles Parkin.
[4][5] Swinden had published in 1763 a broadsheet showing all the officers of Yarmouth at the time, with other topographical information; it was reprinted in 1863.