Swinton is recorded in this Index as a Scottish barony in the county of Berwick. It also appears in the sources as Swintoun, Swyntoun and Swontoun.
The historical record
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Register of the Great Seal
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Retours and Lyon records
Retours: Berwick, no. 433 (indexed Swintoun) — baronia. Published Retour index, vol. III (1816); .
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