Swinton Park
Mansion houses and farms of Swinton Park
Images and photographs used in this local history project mainly from S.L.H.L.
Research and written content ©Wallwork History.
Images and photographs used in this local history project mainly from S.L.H.L.
Research and written content ©Wallwork History.
1907 map of Swinton Park - showing where the houses and farms stood.
Lawnswood House
Swinton House, Parkfield House & Lightbourne Green
Oakwood Park, Ingleside, The Priory & The Haven
Swinton Park Farm
Swinton Lodge & Swinton Cottage
Springwood House & Endsley House
Swinton House, Parkfield House & Lightbourne Green
Oakwood Park, Ingleside, The Priory & The Haven
Swinton Park Farm
Swinton Lodge & Swinton Cottage
Springwood House & Endsley House
Google map of present day Swinton park
Swinton Park
Was once an area of beautiful wooded park and farm land.
Live stock covered Swinton fields, Oakwood Park, Barton Road, Manchester Road spreading down to Ellesmere Park, Eccles fields and across to Pendleton.
the sales of some of the properties within Swinton Park show it was a land full of grazing animals, dairy farming and the home owners were very keen on their thorough breed horses. The area was part of the Watson family Estate during 1764.
Mansion houses were built on Swinton Park, Manchester Road and the surrounding area for wealthy Merchants and Business men who wanted to live away from the busy cities such as Manchester.
Some parts of Swinton Park still remain as open fields, one of which is known locally as the Dell. The Dell is the area from Manchester Road to the East Lancashire Road where the Folly Brook runs it then runs onto areas of Swinton Park Golf club, Eccles fields onto Folly lane/Rocky lane onto Worsley Golf Club.
Swinton Park golf club is also part of the original Swinton Park which remains for now, but sadly, there are talks of plans to build houses on the site which would be a great shame and a loss of ancient open parkland.
Harrold Gate/Harroll Place
An area along Manchester Road, at the back of the Farmers Arms to Dorchester Road and bordering Barton Road was known as Harrold Gate. The present day Swinton Football Club is there now. Next to the Farmers Arms stood Swinton Police Station then Harold Terrace which is still standing.
Barton Road
Up until the building of the East Lancashire Road Barton Road was just an unsurfaced dirt track country lane, which ended at Portland Road. A small lane then lead down to where the East Lancashire Road now is to give access to Swinton House and Lawnswood House.
The road was named after the Barton family who built the Barton Arcade in Manchester.
The Barton family were fairly big home and land owners in the area. Henry John Hope Barton Esq. was a wealthy gentleman and landowner born in Chelsea London, and lived in Yorkshire. His ancestors who lived at Springwood House and Endsley House inherited parts of the Swinton Park Estate through marriages into the Watson family of Preston.
The Barton family also married into the family of Sir Benjamin Heywood of Irlams o'th' Height.
The East Lancashire Road
Building of the East Lancashire Road which cut across Swinton Park to provide better access between the the Industrial areas of East Lancashire and Manchester with the Port of Liverpool. The road was officially opened in 1934 by King George V.
It altered the area a great deal, resulting in some of the mansion houses being demolished such as, Swinton House, Parkfield House, Springwood House, Endsley House.
Ingleside is still standing to this day and is now the Ingleside Birth & Community Centre.
Was once an area of beautiful wooded park and farm land.
Live stock covered Swinton fields, Oakwood Park, Barton Road, Manchester Road spreading down to Ellesmere Park, Eccles fields and across to Pendleton.
the sales of some of the properties within Swinton Park show it was a land full of grazing animals, dairy farming and the home owners were very keen on their thorough breed horses. The area was part of the Watson family Estate during 1764.
Mansion houses were built on Swinton Park, Manchester Road and the surrounding area for wealthy Merchants and Business men who wanted to live away from the busy cities such as Manchester.
Some parts of Swinton Park still remain as open fields, one of which is known locally as the Dell. The Dell is the area from Manchester Road to the East Lancashire Road where the Folly Brook runs it then runs onto areas of Swinton Park Golf club, Eccles fields onto Folly lane/Rocky lane onto Worsley Golf Club.
Swinton Park golf club is also part of the original Swinton Park which remains for now, but sadly, there are talks of plans to build houses on the site which would be a great shame and a loss of ancient open parkland.
Harrold Gate/Harroll Place
An area along Manchester Road, at the back of the Farmers Arms to Dorchester Road and bordering Barton Road was known as Harrold Gate. The present day Swinton Football Club is there now. Next to the Farmers Arms stood Swinton Police Station then Harold Terrace which is still standing.
Barton Road
Up until the building of the East Lancashire Road Barton Road was just an unsurfaced dirt track country lane, which ended at Portland Road. A small lane then lead down to where the East Lancashire Road now is to give access to Swinton House and Lawnswood House.
The road was named after the Barton family who built the Barton Arcade in Manchester.
The Barton family were fairly big home and land owners in the area. Henry John Hope Barton Esq. was a wealthy gentleman and landowner born in Chelsea London, and lived in Yorkshire. His ancestors who lived at Springwood House and Endsley House inherited parts of the Swinton Park Estate through marriages into the Watson family of Preston.
The Barton family also married into the family of Sir Benjamin Heywood of Irlams o'th' Height.
The East Lancashire Road
Building of the East Lancashire Road which cut across Swinton Park to provide better access between the the Industrial areas of East Lancashire and Manchester with the Port of Liverpool. The road was officially opened in 1934 by King George V.
It altered the area a great deal, resulting in some of the mansion houses being demolished such as, Swinton House, Parkfield House, Springwood House, Endsley House.
Ingleside is still standing to this day and is now the Ingleside Birth & Community Centre.
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Mansion houses and farms of Swinton Park
Images and photographs used in this local history project mainly from S.L.H.L.
Research and written content ©Wallwork History.
