English Heritage sites near Swallow Parish
THORNTON ABBEY AND GATEHOUSE
10 miles from Swallow Parish
Thornton Abbey’s enormous and ornate fortified gatehouse is the largest and amongst the finest of all English Monastic gatehouses.
GAINSTHORPE MEDIEVAL VILLAGE
14 miles from Swallow Parish
A deserted medieval village, one of the best-preserved examples in England, clearly visible as a complex of grassy humps and bumps.
ST PETER'S CHURCH, BARTON-UPON-HUMBER
15 miles from Swallow Parish
Located in North Lincolnshire, St Peter's Church is an archaeological and architectural treasure trove waiting for you to discover. It is home to over 2800 burials from Anglo-Saxon to Victorian times.
LINCOLN MEDIEVAL BISHOPS' PALACE
23 miles from Swallow Parish
Standing almost in the shadow of Lincoln cathedral, with sweeping views over the ancient city and the countryside beyond.
GAINSBOROUGH OLD HALL
24 miles from Swallow Parish
A little-known gem, Gainsborough Old Hall is among the best-preserved medieval manor houses in England. Partly brick and timber-framed, and mainly later 15th century with Elizabethan additions.
BOLINGBROKE CASTLE
26 miles from Swallow Parish
The remains of a 13th-century hexagonal castle, birthplace in 1367 of the future King Henry IV, with adjacent earthworks. Besieged and taken by Cromwell's Parliamentarians in 1643.
Churches in Swallow Parish
Holy Trinity
Caistor Road
Swallow
01472 371382
http://www.caistorparishchurch.co.uk
Swallow is a small church serving a small village. We believe we are a friendly community and would be delighted to welcome new members to our congregation whether permanent or just visiting for a day.
As part of a group of seven parishes (currently without a parish priest so we are looked after by Rev'd Ian Robinson, Rural Dean and vicar of Caistor) we have just one communion service a month on the third Sunday at 11.30 a.m. We shall be starting another morning service with hymns and a short sermon on the first Sunday at 9.30 a.m. This will not be a communion service and will be aimed at families.
It may contain no great architecture, but from the Saxon tower to the mainly Victorian chancel, Holy Trinity remains at the heart of the Swallow community as it has been since before the Norman Conquest, and shows clearly the stages of its development and the love with which it has been maintained and restored through the ages. A history of the church is available in the church and for family historians we have transcripts of all extant Parish Registers.
Sadly we have to keep the church locked, but there is a keyholder notice with a village map in the porch.
Pubs in Swallow Parish
Swallow Inn Ltd
Caistor Road, Swallow, LN7 6DL
(01472) 371980
swallowinn.co.uk/