Swineford
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51°25′16″N 2°26′42″W / 51.421°N 2.445°W Swineford - pronounced SWINFORD - the 'E' is silent, is a hamlet in the South Gloucestershire council area, very close to the boundary with Bath and North East Somerset. It is located around 1 km south-east of Bitton, and lies on the River Avon, on which the Swineford Lock is sited.[1] The A431 road runs through the village.[2]
The name is cognate with that of the German town of Schweinfurt.
