Swaffham Prior - Church of St Cyriac & St Julitta

This Grade II* listed church is spectacularly set on a hillock above the village street, two churches with large and unusual medieval towers share a churchyard, reflecting the jurisdiction of different manors in the 11th century. Until they were amalgamated in 1667, each parish had its own church; both then had varied fortunes and were at times derelict.

St Mary's is now the parish church, but the fine 1791 ring of bells in St Cyriac’s strangely haunting octagonal tower still summons the faithful. The nave and chancel were rebuilt in pale yellow local brick in 1806 by Charles Humfrey, a pupil of Wyatt, who gave it an elegant and spacious "Gothik" interior.