SWINESHEAD, a parish in the hundred of LEIGHTONSTONE,
county of HUNTINGDON, though locally in
the hundred of Stodden, county of Bedford, 3 miles
(S. W. byW.) from Kimbolton, containing 245 inhabit-
ants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's
books at £12. 13. 6., and in the patronage of the
Duke of Manchester. The church is dedicated to St.
Nicholas.