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The Ancient Parish of SWINE
[Transcribed information mainly from the early 1820s]
"SWINE, a parish in the wapentake and liberty of Holderness; 7 miles NW. of Hedon. The church which is a Gothic structure (see Churches for photograph), dedicated to St Mary, claims to be of the age of Prince Offa; the patron is Mrs. Bramley, and the Rev. Matthew Williamson, is the vicar. Population, 229," (There is further information for Swine).Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.
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[Description(s) edited mainly from various 19th century sources by Colin Hinson. ©2010]
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- Photographs of the over 370 gravestones and plaques at Swine with linked surname index.
- Photographs of the over 500 gravestones and plaques at Skirlaugh with linked surname index.
- Photographs of the over 200 gravestones at Marton Roman Catholic Church with linked surname index.
- Photographs of the over 115 gravestones in Bilton Churchyard with linked surname index.
- Photographs of the over 450 gravestones in Bilton Cemetery with linked surname index.
- Here are photographs of Churches in the parish:
- The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Swine.
- and a different view of St. Mary's Church, Swine.
- St. Peter's Church, Bilton. (The Church's website is here.)
- St. James' Church, Old Ellerby.
- St. Augustine's Church, Skirlaugh.
- Internal view looking down the aisle
- The East Window
- The font
- St. Augustine's Church, Skirlaugh. (view 2)
- a different view of St. Augustine's Church, Skirlaugh.
- and an old photograph of St. Augustine's Church, Skirlaugh.
- The Wesleyan Chapel, Skirlaugh.
- New Ellerby Methodist Church, New Ellerby, formerly Wesleyan.
- The Most Holy Sacrament Roman Catholic Church, Marton.
- The Methodist Church, Wyton.
- St. Philip's Church, Bilton Grange.
- The Church of St Margaret of Scotland, Shannon road, Bilton Grange.
- The Methodist Church, Bilton Grange. This Church (was on Nestor Grove) has now been demolished.
- The former Methodist Chapel, Coniston, now a private dwelling.
- St. Mary's Church, Swine.
- The former Roman Catholic Church, Bilton.
- Transcript of the entry for Swine in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Bilton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Marton in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- Transcript of the entry for Skirlaugh in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels".
- The History of Skirlaugh Chapel.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Bilton.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Skirlaugh.
- The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Swine.
- The Dedication plaque in the door way of St. Augustine's Church, Skirlaugh.
- The List of departed in St. Augustine's Church, Skirlaugh.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Baines's Directory of 1823, of the East Riding.
- Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in the Bulmers Directory of 1892. of the East Riding.
- There is further information about this parish from the National Gazetteer 1868, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1835, Yorkshire extracts.
- There is further information about this parish from the Bulmer's 1892 History and Directory of the East Riding.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Swine to another place.
- In 1867, the chapelry of Bilton along with the townships of Ganstead and Wyton (in this parish) were formed into the Parish of Bilton.
- Also in 1867 several townships, all previously in this parish, were separated to form the Parish of Skirlaugh.
- For a detailed map of this parish see this parish boundaries map.
- For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
- For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
- Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference TA136358 (Lat/Lon: 53.806097, -0.276421), Swine which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- The 1914-1918 Memorial Plaque in Old Ellerby Church.
- The 1914-1918 War Memorial near the entrance to the church at Bilton.
- The 1914-1918 War Memorial in Skirlaugh Churchyard.
- The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
- (TA144315) Bilton Grange
- This parish is covered by the following Society:
- The 1834 Electoral Roll for this parish