Swine, East Riding of Yorkshire
Swine is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies about 5 miles northeast of Hull city centre and 2 miles south of Skirlaugh, just west of the A165 road.
The village name appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Swine, and later as Suine around 1150. It likely comes from the Old English word swin, meaning creek. Around 1625, Anne Gargill, an early Quaker writer, was born here. The civil parish includes Swine and the hamlet of Benningholme. The population was 139 at the 2011 census, down from 143 in 2001.
The Priory Church of St Mary the Virgin in Swine is a Grade I listed building, recognized for its historic importance since 1966. Swine was served by a railway station on the Hull and Hornsea Railway from 1864 to 1964. About two miles southwest of the village are the earthwork remains of Swine Castle, a medieval site and scheduled monument.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 10:28 (CET).