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Swarthmoor
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Swarthmoor is a small village near Ulverston, in Cumbria, England. Located on the Furness peninsula, it was historically part of Lancashire.
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Place details
- Locality
- Swarthmoor
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,076
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Pennington
- Image
- Swarthmoor Hall July 2010.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01229
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- Commons category
- Swarthmoor
- postal code
- LA12
- OS grid reference
- SD274772
- P8168
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Swarthmoor Hall
- Facilities in Swarthmoor
- References
- External links
Swarthmoor is a small village near Ulverston, in Cumbria, England. Located on the Furness peninsula, it was historically part of Lancashire.
==Toponymy== Swarthmoor Village was named after its location on the Swarth Moor, which was formerly a marsh-covered moorland. The Swarth Moor's name was derived from the word sweart, meaning black.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Swarthmoor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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