Swinton / Sinitun / Suintone

There are two entries for this Swinton [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK4599/swinton/] [accessed 17 November 2018] neither of which mentions cleric or church in it. Hunter (1828-1831) notes that the old chapel of Swinton "was founded not later than the twelfth century", and that "it was endowed with the privilege of a font". The same source informs that the old chapel "was taken down in 1817". 'A brief history of St Margaret's Church' [www.stmargaretswinton.uk/history.html] [accessed 27 November 2018] notes: "The first place of worship in Swinton was a Norman chapel of ease to Wath church, built in about 1200 AD on the site of the present church hall. The small chapel was dedicated to St Mary Magdalene and was finally pulled down in 1815 before the construction of the new church. The two Norman arches were preserved and moved to the new churchyard when the Victorian church was consecrated in 1817. This church of St Margaret was destroyed by a fire in 1897, although the tower survived. The body of the new church was built around the tower, using stone from local quarries at Mexborough, Darfield and Hooton Roberts. The church was consecrated by the Archbishop of York in October 1899." There is an entry for the remains of the medieval chapel in Historic England [Listing NGR: SK4522099388]: "Remains of chapel. c1200, demolished 1815 and now incorporated in church-yard wall"; no fontr mentioned in it. The font in the Church of St Margaret is modern.

[NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the original font of the old chapel]