Swineshead nr. Boston
Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2008
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 March 2012 by J.Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2846536] [accessed 9 October 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior of St Mary's church, Swineshead. St Mary’s Church, Swineshead, is built on the site of an earlier church dedicated to St Salvador and St Mary as there is a record of Alan de Croun, a local nobleman, making a donation to the church of this name “in the market there” in the early 12th century. In the 14th century the present church was built of stone which was brought by barge up the Swin, a tidal creek at the head of which the village of Swineshead developed. Early patrons of the church were the De Grelley and De la Warre families and the church once contained stained glass windows with their coat of arms. Unfortunately these windows no longer exist. The rood screen dates from 15th century. Restoration work took place in 1847 when the chancel was rebuilt and the roof repaired at a cost of £2,000. This restoration was funded by Trinity College, Cambridge which had the advowson at the time. Again in 1868 further work took place when the nave was lowered by 14 inches to its original level and three blocks of new oak seating were installed. The floor was relaid in Ancaster stone, plaster and paint were removed from the walls and most of the windows reglazed. The money for this work was raised by subscription locally. Church tower is 15th century and 160ft high."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 March 2012 by J.Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2846542] [accessed 9 October 2015]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "St.Mary's nave. Looking west with 14th century arcades and tower arch."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 September 2008 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/948990] [accessed 9 October 2015]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: photograph claims to be of the baptismal font at Swinehead St. Mary's, but does not match the bibliographic sources and is labelled by its author as 19th-century; was it re-cut or re-tooled? is this a different font altogether?
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richard Croft, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 September 2008 by Richard Croft [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/948975] [accessed 13 October 2011]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0