Heritage sites in SWILLINGTON PARISH

English Heritage sites near Swillington Parish

PORTH HELLICK DOWN BURIAL CHAMBER

1000 miles from Swillington Parish

A large and imposing Scillonian Bronze Age entrance grave, with kerb, inner passage and burial chamber all clearly visible.

HALLIGGYE FOGOU

1000 miles from Swillington Parish

Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements.

INNISIDGEN LOWER AND UPPER BURIAL CHAMBERS

1000 miles from Swillington Parish

Two Bronze Age communal burial cairns of Scillonian type, with fine views. The upper cairn is the best preserved on the islands.

HARRY'S WALLS

1000 miles from Swillington Parish

An unfinished artillery fort, built above St Mary's Pool harbour in 1552-53.

GARRISON WALLS

1000 miles from Swillington Parish

You can enjoy a two-hour walk alongside the ramparts of these defensive walls and earthworks, dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.

CROMWELL'S CASTLE

1000 miles from Swillington Parish

The castle stands guarding the lovely anchorage between Bryher and Tresco and is one of the few surviving Cromwellian fortifications in Britain.

Churches in Swillington Parish

Swillington: St Mary

Wakefield Road Swillington Leeds
01132607721

St Mary's Church at Swillington is a Welcoming, Worshipping community, Witnessing to Gods love for everyone. We are here to serve our local community and our vision is to do all of this to the best of our abilities.

We hold a lot of baptisms, weddings and funerals for our local community each year and offer a variety of social and worship occasions, as we strive to reach out and show Gods care and love to our local community

We are part of a Team of 3 churches (all called St Mary's) covering this area, known as the Team Benefice of Allerton Bywater, Kippax and Swillington; the web address is http://www.stmaryswillington.org.uk

A Church presence here was mentioned in the Domesday records, with a stone building from the 14th Century and later additions. It is a very ancient and beautiful building and it is a priviledge to be part of its current living history.

The custom of throwing confetti at weddings originates from here. A former Rector (1872-1878), Thomas Dealtry, (see feature on Thomas) who was formerly Archdeacon of Madras, is credited with the introduction here, of bringing over the Hindu custom of throwing rice over the bride and groom at a wedding. The rice later became confetti. Our Bridal Gate is very popular for photographs.