Dearne & Dove Canal, Swinton
In the 18th Century, Swinton was the junction of the Dearne & Dove canal. Boat building was first started in 1770 and carried on by Thomas Scholey and present day, E.V. Waddington. The canal ran for nine miles from Swinton to Hoyle Mill. Due to reduced demand and infrastructural maintenance difficulties, much of the Swinton canal was filled in, in the 1960s.
Station Street, Swinton
THE ADVERTISER, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1924.
SWINTON BILLIARD LICENCE.
Mr. W. J. Bradford applied on behalf of Mr. Edwin Morgan for a billiard license for premises to be erected in Station street, Swinton.
Mr. Bradford said that the applicant had bought the land, and proposed to erect a thoroughly up-to-date billiard hall. There was provision in the plans for 16 tables, but at first it was proposed to have only 12.
The application was granted subject to the plans being passed by the Urban Council.
The hall would be allowed to be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and no one under 18 years of age admitted.
Fitzwilliam School, Swinton
This School was built in 1860 and closed in 1952 to infants and to juniors in 1978. Pupils were transferred to a new school on Rookery Road, of the same name which was opened in 1952 and extended in 1978.
Teachers at this school have included (please supply service years if known):-
Other staff included (please supply service years if known):-
The vicarage field at at Saint Margaret’s Church was used for physical education and the Church Hall was used at dinner time.
Butterfields, Swinton
This business can be traced back to 1874 and was started by John Butterfield who was born in 1849 and set off in the wheel and wagon works trade. To supplement his income, John began making coffins etc. As a result of circumstances resulting from World War One, the business was left to John’s son, Charles Thompson Butterfield, to run. It is in this era that the business began to concentrate on Undertaking as its core business. The business is currently based on Wood Street and has connections to this site dating back to the 19th Century. The business is still family owned and is in its fifth generation.
Saint Margaret’s Church, Swinton
Saint Margaret’s Church was designed by Mr. Pritchard of York at a cost of around £6,000. Earl Fitzwilliam of Wentworth paid for most of this cost. Saint Margarets’ and the adjoining Churchyard were consecrated on 15th June 1817. Sadly, in 1897, there was a devastating fire in the Church – the tower being the only feature to be saved. The rest of the Church was subsequently rebuilt in a larger form which reopened in 1898.
Creighton Wood, Swinton
In 1948, Swinton Council purchased 22 acres of woodland stretching from Warren Vale Road to Piccadilly Road from Earl Fitzwilliam. This wood contains oaks and beeches planted late in the 18th Century. The wood was made in honour of the Creighton family due to their public service to Swinton and long association with the wood – the Creighton family were head gardeners living in the wood. A lychgate was erected in the 1940s and was gifted by Miss E.K.L. Harrop in memory of the men who served in the wars.
Creighton Wood was originally formed by the creation of a number of different plantations, the names of which have now fallen into disuse, but included, Chain Bar Plantation, Long Plantation, Piccadilly Wood, Stake Hole Plantation and Swinton Nursery.
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