The apse at the east end of the church is part of the restoration by J T Lee in 1879.

October 2016

All Saints, Swinderby, has a late Norman north arcade and Early English tower.

There are eighteenth-century monuments including one to a Disney.

Mark Acton, 2016

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1919 states

"The church of All Saints is a building of stone, chiefly of the Norman period, consisting of apsidal chancel, with organ chamber, nave of three bays, north aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower, with 8 pinnacles containing a clock and 5 bells, the clock having been erected in 1887 at a cost of £50:

the arcade of the north aisle is a fine example of Early Norman work:

there is a brass, with inscription, to certain members of the ancient family of Disney, dated 1613, and a monument to the Misses Cartwright, sisters of Major George Cartwright, late of Ossington Hall, Notts, dated 1778:

there are three stained windows in the apse:

in 1910 a stained glass window was erected to the Rev. C. H. K. Long B.A. vicar 1876-1910, in whose memory a carved oak altar and churchyard cross were also provided:

there is also a memorial window to Mrs. Talbot:

since the restoration two screens of iron work have been fixed in the north arches of the chancel and a similar screen under the chancel arch:

the organ was given by E. Matthews esq.:

the church was repaired, new roofed, reseated, and the north aisle enlarged in 1854, and thoroughly restored in 1879, at a cost of £861, under the direction of Mr. John T. Lee, of London, when a circular apse was added to the chancel, a porch and organ chamber erected and 2 new bells added:

there are 215 sittings.

DB 10 September 2018 

White's Directory 1872, before the 1879 restoration, reports :-

"The Church (All Saints) is an ancient structure, consisting of nave, north aisle and chancel, and a broad embattled tower containing three bells, and was restored in 1854, at a cost of £700.

It contains memorials of the Disney family, formerly lords of the manor, and the Misses Cartwright.

The aisle, arcade, and the tower are good specimens of Norman architecture, and in the south side of the chancel is a piscina in a good state of preservation.

The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £3. 19s. 9d., and now at £260, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. W. J. Clarke, M.A., who is also vicar of Eagle, and has a good vicarage house.

The common was nearly all enclosed in the reign of Charles I., when the tithes were commuted for allotments and yearly moduses, except a farm of 149 acres"

DB 4 March 2024

"Church. 12C, 13C, 15C and 1879. Restored by J T Lee"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165316?section=official-list-entry 

Kelly's Directory 1930 reports :-

"The church of All Saints is a building of stone, chiefly of the Norman period, consisting of apsidal chancel, with organ chamber, nave of three bays, north aisle, south porch and an embattled western tower, with 8 pinnacles containing a clock and 5 bells, the clock having been erected in 1887 at a cost of £50:

the arcade of the north aisle is a fine example of Early Norman work:

there is a brass, with inscription, to certain members of the ancient family of Disney, dated 1613, and a monument to the Misses Cartwright, sisters of Major George Cartwright, of Ossington Hall, Notts, dated 1778:

there are three stained windows in the apse:

in 1910 a stained glass window was erected to the Rev. C. H. K. Long B.A. vicar 1876-1910, in whose memory a carved oak altar and churchyard cross were also provided :

there is also a memorial window to Mrs. Talbot :

since the restoration two screens of iron work have been fixed in the north arches of the chancel and a similar screen under the chancel arch:

the organ was given by E. Matthews esq .:

the church was repaired and reseated, the roof restored and the north aisle enlarged in 1854, and thoroughly restored in 1879, at a cost of £861, under the direction of Mr. John T. Lee, of London, when a circular apse was added to the chancel, a porch and organ chamber erected and 2 new bells added:

an alabaster tablet was erected by public subscription at the west end in memory of the men of the parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-18:

there are 215 sittings"

DB 4 March 2024

Churchyard cross in memory of Rev. C. H. K. Long B.A. vicar 1876-1910.

DB 4 March 2024

"19C north aisle has ... blocked, re-used 17C doorway"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165316?section=official-list-entry 

DB 4 March 2024

Lychgate at the southern entrance to the churchyard.

DB 4 March 2024

C19 porch.

DB 4 March 2024

This small sundial is close on the south face of the tower.

October 2016

"Plain 12C tower, with square headed 2 light window in west facade"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165316 

DB 10 September 2018 

Located, outside the village, next to the A46 Newark Road, between Lincoln and Newark.

In recent years it was renamed as the "Dovecote" but had ceased trading when this image was taken.

Mentioned in Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1913 but not in the earlier 1909 edition.

"Moss Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.), Half Way House P.H"

DB 10 September 2018 

This eighteenth-century farmhouse was owned by Thomas Glazier in 1809 and mentioned as a public house in 1844.

In 1856 the public house was moved 330 yards down the road. The farmhouse was used as a polling station in  1832 and 1859.

Pearl Wheatley, 2012

A house dating from the early eighteenth century.

Pearl Wheatley, 2012

"Manor House. Late 17C"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062011 

DB 10 September 2018

This house on High Street dates from 1691.

Pearl Wheatley, 2012

This former Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built in 1869 at a cost of about £600.

It is currently used for worship by the Newark Christian Fellowship under the name 'Light and Life Missions'.

August 2016

This attractive building is a prominent feature of Swinderby's High Street.

The long facade against the street is built of red and cream brick with dog-tooth decorated frieze and pale limestone around windows and doors.

August 2016

Date stones set into chapel wall.

DB 10 September 2018

"School House. Early 19C"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1061971 

DB 10 September 2018

In 1822 local trustees built a school and enlarged this house for £178 (White's directory).

Pearl Wheatley, 2012

Kelly's Directory of Lincolnshire 1885 mentions two public houses

Skelton John, Red Lion P.H

Smith William, Plough P.H

and in 1919 there were three

Bones Mary Ann (Mrs.), Sir Isaac Newton P.H

Pettefar George,Half Way House P.H

Smith George, Plough P.H 

DB 10 September 2018

The church primary school was built in 1849. The first mistress was Miss Edwards.

August 2016

A seond view of the school, which faces south along the main street. It is a brick building with modern rendering.

August 2016

A cottage built at the railway crossing on the road to South Scarle in 1848 when the Midland Railway line from Newark to Lincoln was opened.

Pearl Wheatley, 2012

K6 type telephone kiosk designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of King George V in 1935.

"This phone box was manufactured by W. Macfarlane and Co., Saracen Faundry, Glasgow between 1945 and 1953"

Kiosk taken out of use by BT, but has now been adopted by Swinderby Parish Council, and is being used to house a display of post cards.

DB 10 September 2018 

A good country vicarage of the early nineteenth century, now a special school.

Pearl Wheatley, 2012

Undated postcard.

"Vicarage. Early 19C"

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1317367 

White's Directory of Lincolnshire 1872 states "The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £3.19s. 9d., and now at £260, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. ,V. J. Clarke, M.A., who is also vicar of Eagle, and has a good vicarage house"

War memorial just outside All Saint's churchyard near the lychgate.

DB 4 March 2024