Swanwick, Derbyshire
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Swanwick is a village in Derbyshire, England, also a parish within the Amber Valley district, with a population of 5,316 at the 2001 census, falling to 5,084 at the 2011 Census. It has a number of sho
Swanwick Hall
St. Andrew's Church
Hugh Wood (landowner)
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Hugh Wood was a landowner of Derbyshire gentry, and ran collieries in the small village of Swanwick. Hugh Wood notably owned Swanwick Hall from 1772 onwards, and knew many important Derbyshire people
Swanwick, Derbyshire
…gables, along with the crest adopted by the Wood family. Swanwick Hall, was built from 1771–72 by Derbyshire architect Joseph Pickford Of Derby, for Hugh Wood, a wealthy mineral rights owner and landowner in Swanwick after the Turner family left. It originally was a three-storey, five-bay red-brick house with…
Hugh Wood, painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1789
Mary Wood (née Peake), painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1789
The Children of Hugh and Mary Wood of Swanwick, Derbyshire (Robert Wood b.1781, John Wood b.1776 & Mary Wood), painting by Joseph Wright of Derby