Swinton Collection

Harrogate Ladies College
A girls school in a castle: Harrogate Colleges pleasant retreat at Lord Swintons residence near Ripon, Yorkshire at the beginning of World War II

Swinton RLFC rugby team 1934-1935. Back row: Lee, Stoddart, Wright, Hughes, Spruce, Armitt. Second row: Mee (Trainer), McGregor, McGurk, Hodgson, Sullivan, Butters, Green, Cheetham, Shaw, Evans

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Time of Great Change
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Cretaceous Period - a time of great change, about 80 Million Years ago. Illustration by Neave Parker (with the co-operation of Dr. W. E. Swinton)

Manchester Union Schools, Swinton
The Manchester Union Industrial School at Swinton. The school, where 800 pauper children were housed and educated away from the workhouse, was established in 1843, one of the earliest of its type

Dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era - China
An artificial reconstruction by Neave Parker (with the co-operation of Dr. W. E. Swinton) of Dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era found in China especially in the Provinces of Kansu and Szechuan

Ghost plant, ghost pipe, Indian pipe or corpse plant, Monotiopa uniflora
6339746 Ghost plant, ghost pipe, Indian pipe or corpse plant, Monotiopa uniflora by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Ghost plant, ghost pipe, Indian pipe or corpse plant, Monotiopa uniflora)

Khakas or Khakass shamans from Saygachi, near Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. They wear helmets decorated with antlers, leather dresses covered with animal bones and hold sacred drums

Scottish Borders TD11 3 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Scottish Borders TD11 3

Dinosaurs of the Cretaceous Period - Gobi Desert
Dinosaurs of the Gobi Desert (Russia) of the Cretaceous Period, which spanned 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period 145 million years ago

Station Road - Swinton Rugby League
Station Road was a stadium in Pendlebury, near Manchester, England. It was the home of Swinton Rugby League Club between 1929 and 1992

Dutchmans pipe, false beech-drops, pinesap or yellow bird s-nest, Monotropa hypopitys (Pine-sap, Hypopithys lanuginosa)
6339747 Dutchmans pipe, false beech-drops, pinesap or yellow bird s-nest, Monotropa hypopitys (Pine-sap, Hypopithys lanuginosa) by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Dutchmans pipe)

Liverleaf wintergreen, bog wintergreen or pink wintergreen, Pyrola asarifolia (Swamp winter-green, Pyrola uliginosa)
6339745 Liverleaf wintergreen, bog wintergreen or pink wintergreen, Pyrola asarifolia (Swamp winter-green, Pyrola uliginosa) by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Liverleaf wintergreen)

Pale Indian plantain, Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (Orach-leaved cacalia, Cacalia atriplicifolia)
6339741 Pale Indian plantain, Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (Orach-leaved cacalia, Cacalia atriplicifolia) by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Pale Indian plantain)

Sickleleaf silkgrass or sickle-leaved golden aster, Pityopsis falcata (Sickle-leaved chrysopsis, Chrysopsis falcata)
6339739 Sickleleaf silkgrass or sickle-leaved golden aster, Pityopsis falcata (Sickle-leaved chrysopsis, Chrysopsis falcata) by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info)

Wand goldenrod, willowleaf goldenrod or willow-leaved golden-rod, Solidago stricta
6339738 Wand goldenrod, willowleaf goldenrod or willow-leaved golden-rod, Solidago stricta by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Wand goldenrod)

Stone mint, frost mint, dittany, and American dittany, Cunila origanoides (Cunila mariana)
6340393 Stone mint, frost mint, dittany, and American dittany, Cunila origanoides (Cunila mariana) by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Stone mint, frost mint, dittany, and American dittany)

Silver maple, Acer saccharinum (Silver-leaved maple, Acer dasycarpum)
6340458 Silver maple, Acer saccharinum (Silver-leaved maple, Acer dasycarpum) by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Silver maple, Acer saccharinum (Silver-leaved maple, Acer dasycarpum)

American ash, Fraxinus americana (White ash, Fraxinus acuminata)
6340438 American ash, Fraxinus americana (White ash, Fraxinus acuminata) by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: American ash, Fraxinus americana (White ash, Fraxinus acuminata)

Treacleberry, Maianthemum racemosum (Wild spikenard, Smilacina racemosa)
6340433 Treacleberry, Maianthemum racemosum (Wild spikenard, Smilacina racemosa) by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Treacleberry, Maianthemum racemosum (Wild spikenard, Smilacina racemosa)

Prairie wedgescale, Sphenopholis obtusata, and Canadian reed-grass, Calamagrostis canadensis
6340431 Prairie wedgescale, Sphenopholis obtusata, and Canadian reed-grass, Calamagrostis canadensis by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Prairie wedgescale, Sphenopholis obtusata)

Large aspen, large-tooth aspen, big-tooth aspen, American aspen, Canadian poplar or white poplar, Populus grandidentata
6340423 Large aspen, large-tooth aspen, big-tooth aspen, American aspen, Canadian poplar or white poplar, Populus grandidentata by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Large aspen)

Tall lousewort or swamp lousewort, Pedicularis lanceolata
6340419 Tall lousewort or swamp lousewort, Pedicularis lanceolata by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Tall lousewort or swamp lousewort, Pedicularis lanceolata)

Flowering spurge, Euphorbia corollata
6340415 Flowering spurge, Euphorbia corollata by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Flowering spurge, Euphorbia corollata)

Purple milkweed or dark-flowered silk-weed, Asclepias purpurascens
6340412 Purple milkweed or dark-flowered silk-weed, Asclepias purpurascens by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Purple milkweed or dark-flowered silk-weed, Asclepias purpurascens)

Beech tree, Fagus sylvatica
6340405 Beech tree, Fagus sylvatica by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Beech tree, Fagus sylvatica. Handcoloured lithograph by Endicott after a botanical illustration from John Torreys A)

Awned phlox, Phlox aristata
6340394 Awned phlox, Phlox aristata by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Awned phlox, Phlox aristata. Handcoloured lithograph by Endicott after a botanical illustration from John Torreys A)

Cardinal flower, Lobelia cardinalis
6339742 Cardinal flower, Lobelia cardinalis by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Cardinal flower, Lobelia cardinalis)

Canadian milk-vetch, Astragalus canadensis
6340467 Canadian milk-vetch, Astragalus canadensis by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Canadian milk-vetch, Astragalus canadensis)

Cream pea or cream-colored vetchling, Lathyrus ochroleucus
6340462 Cream pea or cream-colored vetchling, Lathyrus ochroleucus by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Cream pea or cream-colored vetchling, Lathyrus ochroleucus)

False mermaid, Floerkea proserpinacoides
6340455 False mermaid, Floerkea proserpinacoides by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: False mermaid, Floerkea proserpinacoides)

Kalms St
6340453 Kalms St by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Kalms St. Johns Wort, Hieracium kalmii or Hieracium umbellatum)

Striped cream violet, creamy violet or striated violet, Viola striata
6340448 Striped cream violet, creamy violet or striated violet, Viola striata by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Striped cream violet, creamy violet or striated violet, Viola striata)

Black cohosh, black bugbane, black snakeroot or fairy candle, Actaea racemosa (Cimicifuga racemosa)
6340445 Black cohosh, black bugbane, black snakeroot or fairy candle, Actaea racemosa (Cimicifuga racemosa) by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Black cohosh, black bugbane)

Black birch or cherry birch, Betula lenta
6340435 Black birch or cherry birch, Betula lenta by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Black birch or cherry birch, Betula lenta)

American hophornbeam, Ostrya virginiana (Hop-hornbeam, Ostrya virginica)
6340424 American hophornbeam, Ostrya virginiana (Hop-hornbeam, Ostrya virginica) by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: American hophornbeam, Ostrya virginiana (Hop-hornbeam, Ostrya virginica)

Whorled milkweed, eastern whorled milkweed, horsetail milkweed or whorl-leaved swallow-wort, Asclepias verticillata
6340414 Whorled milkweed, eastern whorled milkweed, horsetail milkweed or whorl-leaved swallow-wort, Asclepias verticillata by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Whorled milkweed)

Richweed or knot root, Collinsonia canadensis
6340411 Richweed or knot root, Collinsonia canadensis by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Richweed or knot root, Collinsonia canadensis)

Appalachian tea, dye-leaves, evergreen winterberry, gallberry and inkberry, Ilex glabra
6340407 Appalachian tea, dye-leaves, evergreen winterberry, gallberry and inkberry, Ilex glabra by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Appalachian tea, dye-leaves, evergreen winterberry)

Dwarf birch, Betula nana
6340399 Dwarf birch, Betula nana by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Dwarf birch, Betula nana. Handcoloured lithograph by Endicott after a botanical illustration from John Torreys A Flora of)

Long-styled sweet-cicely, longstyle sweetroot or sweet cicely, Osmorhiza longistylis
6340474 Long-styled sweet-cicely, longstyle sweetroot or sweet cicely, Osmorhiza longistylis by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Long-styled sweet-cicely)

Hemlock-parsley
6340472 Hemlock-parsley by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Hemlock-parsley. Conioselinum chinense (Canadian conioselinum, Conioselinum canadense)

Wild kidney bean, Phaseolus polystachios (Perennial kidney-bean, Phaseolus perennis)
6340464 Wild kidney bean, Phaseolus polystachios (Perennial kidney-bean, Phaseolus perennis) by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Wild kidney bean)

Murbeckiella pinnatifida (Toothed wall cress, Arabis dentata)
6340447 Murbeckiella pinnatifida (Toothed wall cress, Arabis dentata) by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Murbeckiella pinnatifida (Toothed wall cress, Arabis dentata)

American globe flower or American spreading globeflower, Trollius laxus
6340443 American globe flower or American spreading globeflower, Trollius laxus by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: American globe flower or American spreading globeflower, Trollius laxus)

Helmet flower, helmet skullcap or entire-leaved scullcap, Scutellaria integrifolia
6340437 Helmet flower, helmet skullcap or entire-leaved scullcap, Scutellaria integrifolia by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Helmet flower, helmet skullcap or entire-leaved scullcap)

Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana (Phytolaca decandra)
6340428 Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana (Phytolaca decandra) by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Pokeweed, Phytolacca americana (Phytolaca decandra)

Pickerel weed, Pontederia cordata
6340417 Pickerel weed, Pontederia cordata by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Pickerel weed, Pontederia cordata. Handcoloured lithograph by Endicott after a botanical illustration from John)

Common alder, hazel alder or smooth alder, Alnus serrulata
6340409 Common alder, hazel alder or smooth alder, Alnus serrulata by Endicott (18th-19th century); (add.info.: Common alder, hazel alder or smooth alder, Alnus serrulata)

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"Swinton: A Tapestry of History, Nature, and Sports" Step into the enchanting world of Swinton, a place that weaves together diverse elements from Harrogate Ladies College to the mesmerizing era of dinosaurs. As if frozen in time, Swinton takes us back to "The Last Days of the Dinosaurs - Time of Great Change, " where colossal creatures roamed the earth. But Swinton's story doesn't end there; it also boasts a rich sporting heritage with its very own rugby team. The legendary Swinton RLFC rugby team left an indelible mark on history during their remarkable season in 1934-1935. Their passion for the game still echoes through Station Road - Swinton Rugby League. Nature enthusiasts will find solace amidst ethereal blooms like the ghost plant or Indian pipe, known scientifically as Monotropa uniflora. These delicate flowers seem otherworldly, just like ancient Chinese dinosaurs that once inhabited this land during the Mesozoic Era. Education has always been valued in Swinton, evident through Manchester Union Schools' presence here. This institution nurtured young minds and shaped futures for generations to come. Delve deeper into local culture by exploring Khakas or Khakass shamans from Saygachi near Swinton. Their spiritual practices offer a glimpse into ancient traditions and beliefs that have stood strong throughout time. For those seeking adventure beyond borders, venture towards Scottish Borders TD11 3 Map – a gateway to breathtaking landscapes and hidden treasures waiting to be discovered. Immerse yourself in nature's wonders with Dutchman's pipe or false beech-drops (Monotropa hypopitys) and Liverleaf wintergreen (Pyrola asarifolia). These unique plants thrive within Swinton's diverse ecosystem, reminding us of its ecological significance.