SWANWICK, a hamlet in the parish of ALFRETON
hundred of SCARSDALE, county of DERBY, 1 mile
(S. by W.) from Alfrcton, with which the population is
returned. There are places of worship for Baptists and
Wesleyan Methodists. A free school, erected in 1740,
was endowed by Mrs. Elizabeth Turner with £ 500, which
was laid out in the purchase of a house and lands of
the annual value of £60, now in the occupation of the
schoolmaster, who educates forty children. In the
neighbourhood are extensive collieries.