Swinton is a small village in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England.

It is situated to the immediate south-west of Masham and separated from it by the River Burn.

[2] The village is at the eastern end of Swinton Park and shares a civil parish with Warthermarske.

[3] The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to Count Alan[4] and the names derives from the Old English swīn-tūn which means Pig-Farm.

[5] Media related to Swinton, Harrogate at Wikimedia Commons