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St Mary’s church, Swaffham Prior

History of St Mary's

Listed Building

Parish church, of West porch, West Tower, Nave, North and South aisles and chancel. St Mary’s has a particularly fine west tower, mainly late C12 and early C13, but the West wall of the nave and parts of the chancel are c1100 and survive from the Norman church on the site. The nave, aisles, West porch are all C15 and the exterior was heavily restored in 1878 by Arthur Blomfield. West porch, C15, of clunch, badly worn, with rebuilt gable roof. West tower has a rectangular ground stage, late C12, and the upper two are sixteen sided and early C13. …. The brasses are mostly C15 and C16, but there is one to Robert Chambers, 1638. The glazing is C19 and C20. In the South aisle principally to the Allix family and in the North aisle World War II and II War Memorials. The font bowl is C13 but the stem and base are modern. 

Restoration of St Mary’s began in 1878 when the chancel and vestry were rebuilt. The church was reopened in 1902.

St Mary, Swaffham Prior (RGL2023)

St Mary, Swaffham Prior (RGL2023)

St Mary, Swaffham Prior (RGL2023)

St Mary, Swaffham Prior (RGL2023)

St Mary, Swaffham Prior (RGL2023)

St Mary, Swaffham Prior (RGL2023)

St Mary, Swaffham Prior (RGL2023)

St Mary, Swaffham Prior (RGL2023)

St Mary, Swaffham Prior (RGL2023)

St Mary, Swaffham Prior (RGL2023)

St Mary, Swaffham Prior (RGL2023)

St Mary, Swaffham Prior (RGL2023)

St Mary, Swaffham Prior (RGL2023)

St Mary, Swaffham Prior (RGL2023)

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