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St. Mary’s Church, Swine
Heritage Open Day: St Mary’s Church, a Grade 1 listed building, is the parish church of Swine. a tiny hamlet 5 ml NE of the centre of Hull and seven miles ESE of Beverley Part of this C12th church is linked to the time of St. Stephen, when a Cistercian Priory was founded here. The church was cruciform but the nave and crossing of the priory church is lost, mostly under farm buildings to the west. The church consists of the original aisled chancel, with large perpendicular windows, and a later west tower, rebuilt in 1787. Only eight surviving choir stalls remain, each with a misericord; two screens partly dating from 153; a 17th century pulpit with decorative panels and a late 18th century font. The central tower survived the Reformation but was replaced by another, at the present W.
Saturday 13 September
Swine Church, Main Street, Swine, Beverley, Yorkshire HU11 4JE
Sat 13 Sep:1000-1600; Free Entry.
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