St. Mary and All Saints Church, Swarby

20/03/2026

Swarby Annual Village Church Meeting

Our village church is a central part of our community, and we want to hear from you! Please join us for our Annual District Meeting to share your thoughts, hear parish updates, and help shape the year ahead.

When: Saturday, 21st March at 2:00 PM

Where: Swarby Church

This meeting is the time when we select our Churchwardens, Secretary, Accounts Manager, and District Council members. If you’d like to stand for a position, nomination forms are available in the church or online https://www.parishofsouthlafford.org/adm-and-apcm. Please submit completed forms to the Secretary before we start the meeting.

A Note on Voting: Everyone is welcome to attend and contribute to the discussion. However, to vote on official matters (other than the election of Churchwardens), you must be on the Church Electoral Roll https://www.parishofsouthlafford.org/parish-electoral-roll.

Lend a Hand: We also welcome any offers of voluntary assistance, from churchyard maintenance (mowing, strimming, border maintenance), church cleaning, flower arranging, bric-a-brac sorting, baking or donating cakes for the coffee mornings and assisting with serving refreshments. Your contribution will ensure the church remains an important part of village life.

If you can’t make the meeting but have a topic you’d like raised, please let us know.

10/03/2026

19/02/2026

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Refreshment Sunday Service

31/01/2026

The February/March edition of The Voice of South Lafford is available here:

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02/01/2026

Happy New Year! Remember the church door is opened daily (weather permitting) for quiet reflection, or just adding a piece to the communal winter jigsaw.

15/12/2025

A big thank you to Reverend Rebecca who led our Carol Service wonderfully yesterday, also to Andy our organist, Rosie and Richard our readers, Alice for reading her poem, to Mary and Bridget for running the successful raffle (raising £60), to Janet who prepared the mulled wine and other goodies, to everyone else who brought food and drink to share, and finally to all who took time out of their busy weekend to come along to the service and stay for a while afterwards. It’s always heartwarming to see our church pews full with village residents, friends and family. There were a few faces missing due to being unwell and we wish them a speedy recovery. Including the raffle, a total of £200 was raised to help keep our church open at the heart of the Swarby community.

23/11/2025

Advent and Christmas services around the wider parish, including Swarby Carol Service on Sunday 14 December at 3pm.

11/11/2025

SWARBY ROLL OF HONOUR

The memorial reads:

"To the glory of God and in grateful memory of the men of Swarby, who gave their lives for King and Country, in the Great War 1914-19.

Christopher Wm Cunnington,
died at sea October 24th 1915”
Pte. William Christopher Cunnington,
was born in Culverthorpe in 1888, but is listed as living with his parents Matthew and Mary, in the 1891 Census, opposite Manor Farm. He served in The Lincolnshire Regiment and was wounded at Gallipoli. William died on board the Hospital Ship - RMS Aquitania on 24 October 1915 aged 27. He has no known grave and is remembered at the war memorial at Helles and here at Swarby on his parents’ grave with the inscription “Duty nobly done”. He left a wife and a son, Roy, who died serving in WW2.

“Ernest Gray, died of wounds July 5th 1916”
Ernest, was the son of Thomas Gray, labourer and his wife Rebecca, and was baptised in May 1892.
He served in the York and Lancaster Regiment 10th Battalion, and died on 5th July 1916 Aged 23. He is buried or commemorated at Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

“William Johnson, killed in action April 27th 1917”
William Johnson arrived in Swarby with his parents John Edward and Louisa Mary sometime in the 1890s.
He served in the Lincolnshire Regiment 1st/4th Battalions. He died on 27 April 1917 aged 23, and is buried or commemorated at Mazingarbe Cemetery.

“Albert Newton, killed in action July 27th 1917.”
Albert was the son of John Thomas Newton, a labourer, and his wife F***y, and was baptised in August 1897. The Newton family lived in one of the three tenements now known as The Old House.
He served in the Lincolnshire Regiment 4th Battalion and Secondary Unit:
attd. V 46th Heavy Trench Mortar Battery. Royal Garrison Artillery. He died on 27 July 1917 aged 20, and is buried or commemorated at Barlin Cemetery, France

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."