Swinton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

It is about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Malton on the B1257 road,[2] and is on the edge of the Howardian Hills AONB to the immediate north.

[3] The village appears in the Domesday Book as 'Swintune' which is derived from 'pig farm'.

[1] By 2015, North Yorkshire County Council had estimated the population to have been 630.

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