Swinstead / Suamestede [Domesday] / Suinham / Suinhamstede

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view of font and cover

Source caption: "St Mary's church: Font and Cover. According to the listing [...] this font, whilst being in early 14th century style, dates from the 19th. The Church's own guide sayss it is as old as the church, making it 13th century. The cover is undoubtedly modern, certainly no older than the 19th century."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's church: Font and Cover. According to the listing [...] this font, whilst being in early 14th century style, dates from the 19th. The Church's own guide sayss it is as old as the church, making it 13th century. The cover is undoubtedly modern, certainly no older than the 19th century."
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 January 2016 by Bod Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4825077] [accessed 19 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - south portal

Source caption: "St Mary's Church: South door. The south door inside the porch is recent, probably from the 1859 restoration, but the doorway with its pointed arch is 14th century. The ashlar porch is 19th century".
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's Church: South door. The south door inside the porch is recent, probably from the 1859 restoration, but the doorway with its pointed arch is 14th century. The ashlar porch is 19th century".
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 January 2016 by Bod Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4821265] [accessed 19 January 2019]
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view of church exterior - south view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2013 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3508684] [accessed 19 January 2019]
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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "The north aisle of three bays dates from the 13th century and has round pillars and rounded arches dating from 1200. There is a squint in the east wall. The south arcade is 14th century with octagonal piers. There is a piscina from this period in the south aisle. The east wall of the south aisle also has a squint although it is now obscured by the organ. The chancel arch dates from the 13th century, the chancel was restored in 1859. It is wider than the nave on the north side, and the sedilia in the south wall has grotesque figures which may be those of village characters at the time they were carved. There is also a double piscina. On the Eastern pier of the north nave arcade are rare armorial paintings of circa 1300 in red paint depicting coats of arms of the benefactors of the church. Painted heraldry of that date is very rare."
Scene Description: Source caption: "The north aisle of three bays dates from the 13th century and has round pillars and rounded arches dating from 1200. There is a squint in the east wall. The south arcade is 14th century with octagonal piers. There is a piscina from this period in the south aisle. The east wall of the south aisle also has a squint although it is now obscured by the organ. The chancel arch dates from the 13th century, the chancel was restored in 1859. It is wider than the nave on the north side, and the sedilia in the south wall has grotesque figures which may be those of village characters at the time they were carved. There is also a double piscina. On the Eastern pier of the north nave arcade are rare armorial paintings of circa 1300 in red paint depicting coats of arms of the benefactors of the church. Painted heraldry of that date is very rare."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Hannan-Briggs, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 June 2013 by J. Hannan-Briggs [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3508690] [accessed 19 January 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

view of church interior - looking west

Source caption: "St Mary's Church: The Nave. The font is at the far end, in front of the curtains. Note the large squint, or Hagioscope, which gives the congregation in the North Aisle a view of the sanctuary. There is a smaller one hidden behind the organ that once did the same for the South Aisle."
Scene Description: Source caption: "St Mary's Church: The Nave. The font is at the far end, in front of the curtains. Note the large squint, or Hagioscope, which gives the congregation in the North Aisle a view of the sanctuary. There is a smaller one hidden behind the organ that once did the same for the South Aisle."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bob Harvey, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 January 2016 by Bod Harvey [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4823346] [accessed 19 January 2019]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 21956SWI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Transitional
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 6 Park Rd, Swinstead, Grantham NG33 4PH, UK
Site Location: Lincolnshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A1, S of the A151, 3 km SE of Corby Glen, 8 km W of Bourne, 15 km N of Stamford, 18 km SE of Grantham
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Lincoln
Historical Region: Hundred of Beltisloe
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the ca. 1200 church here)
Font Notes:
There are five entries for Swinstead [variant spellings] in the Domesday survey [https://opendomesday.org/place/TF0122/swinstead/] [accessed 19 January 2019] but none mentions cleric or church in it. The entry for this church in Historic England [Listing NGR: TF0185822455] notes: "Parish church. c.1200, C13, C14, 1798, 1854 and 1859 restorations. [...] All fittings are C19 including the early C14 style font."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 669249 5851864
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 52.79, -0.49
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 52° 47′ 24″ N, 0° 29′ 24″ W