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St Mary
Swine
East Riding of Yorkshire
SWINE CHURCH LANE TA 13 NW (south side) 5/39 Church of St Mary 16.12.66 - I Church, formerly east appendix to nun's church at Cistercian nunnery. C1180, early C14, C15, rebuilding of west tower in 1787, C19 porch and vestry.
Architectural Features
Late C18 artificial stone font has 4-columnar stem surmounted by bowl.
Eight choir stalls with misericords: a man looking through his legs, 5 heads, a grotesque, and a griffin.
in north-east chapel c1393 to Sir Robert and his wife Constance on tomb chests with pairs of angels holding shields
Medieval graveslab with incised cross and remains of another.
Routh P E, Medieval Effigial Alabaster Tombs in Yorkshire, 1976, pp 106-116.