Historic Churches in Cambridgeshire

A 13th-century church with an imposing west tower. The corners of the tower each bear a statue, traditionally said to represent kings. While two of the kings, William the Conqueror and King Harold, might not be thought unusual for an East Anglian church, the other two seem odd.
High Street, Abbotsley, Cambridgeshire, England, PE19 6UJ

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A 13th-century church with a superb Early English chancel. The chancel roof has carved angels and humourous roof bosses. There are 13th-century carved corbel heads and lovely arcading. The nave roof is 16th century, with a 15th-century font and 15th-century pulpit base. Excellent carvings throughout.
Church Way, Alconbury, Cambridgeshire, England, PE28 4DX

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Heritage Highlight: Superb Early English chancel and angel roof

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St Peter's church at Barton probably dates to the 11th century, though much of the current building is a product of a 14th-century rebuilding. We don't know the exact date of the foundation, but a document of 1270 indicates that an anchorite named Alice was living in a cell beside the church.
School Lane, Barton, Cambridgeshire, England, CB23 7BD

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century wall paintings

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Holy Trinity Church in the Cambridgeshire village of Bottisham is a sizeable late 12th-century church with much rebuilding in the early 13th century. In the 14th century the nave was raised and a clerestory inserted, to create a spacious, lofty interior. The 14th-century work is said to be by Elias de Beckingham, a native of Bottisham who served as Justice of the Common Pleas under Edward I.
High Street, Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, England, CB5 9BA

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The parish church of St Mary in Buckden stands immediately beside Buckden Towers, the red brick palace that once belonged to the Bishops of Lincoln. The church was mentioned in the Domesday Book, but the oldest remains date to the late Norman period. The majority of the building is 15th century.
Church Street, Buckden, Cambridgeshire, England, PE19 5TL

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Buckworth church is mentioned in the Domesday Book, but the current building is 13th and 14th century, with a very fine 14th-century tower. The worn south door is late 13th century, and there are wonderfully painted roof bosses and corbel heads in the nave and chancel. Look for grotesque carvings around the eaves.
Church Road, Buckworth, Cambridgeshire, England, PE28 5AL

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Heritage Highlight: 13th-century chancel and nave

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St Mary's Church at Burwell is one of the finest Perpendicular churches in Britain, a real symphony in stone, and a wonderful example of 15th-century architecture. There was a church here at least as early as the 12th century - bits of Norman work survive in the tower - the bulk of the building we see today is 15th-century work.
High Street, Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England, CB25 0HB

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Heritage Highlight: One of the finest examples of a Perpendicular parish church in England

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A small leper hospital was founded at Stourbridge, in the Barnwell area, sometime around 1125. At that time the hospital would have stood outside the town walls, but now the site has been swallowed up by the expanding urban sprawl of modern Cambridge.
Newmarket Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB5 8LG

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All Saints is a Victorian church standing directly opposite the entrance to Jesus College, Cambridge. The church was designed by architect GF Bodley, a master of Gothic Revival and a pupil of Sir George Gilbert Scott. It was begun in 1863 and finished seven years later.
Jesus Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB5 8BS

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St Mary the Great is the largest church in Cambridge and serves a dual purpose as the city's church and that of Cambridge University. During the medieval period, it served as a meeting hall for the University and the annual conferment of degrees ceremony was held here until the Senate House was erected across the road in 1730.
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

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