Historic Churches in Cambridgeshire

The original 12th-century church on this site was known as St Peter-without-Trumpington-Gate. This dedication provided the name for the neighbouring college of Peterhouse. Students at Peterhouse worshipped in the church until the college chapel was erected in 1632.
Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 1QG

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St. Benedict's church (more commonly known as St Bene't's) was erected around the year 1020 and the tower was added just a few years later. It is the oldest building in Cambridge and the oldest intact building in Cambridgeshire.
Bene't Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: The Saxon tower

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The first church on this site was built in the 11th century, along one of the main roads into Cambridge. The simple Norman building was expanded over the following centuries with the addition of a tower and spire.
Castle Hill, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB3 0AJ

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Heritage Highlight: 11th-century font with mermen carvings

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Conington's parish church is a late medieval building in finely crafted Perpendicular style. The entire church is Perpendicular, with very few later structural embellishments apart from some Victorian furnishings.
Church Lane, Conington, Cambridgeshire, England, PE7 3QD

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The small country church of St John's, Duxford is set beside the village green and exudes a sense of timelessness and history. The church is very simple, composed of only a nave, chancel, chapel, south porch, and an embattled tower oddly placed between the nave and chancel.
Green Street, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 4RG

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Ely is best known, and rightly so, for its extraordinary octagonal lantern tower. When the Norman tower fell in 1322 a new tower was erected, using oak beams to support 400 tons of stone and lead in a structure at once massive and airy. The first church here was erected in 673 by St. Aetheldreda, and rebuilt in 870 following Danish raids. In 1109, in the midst of another rebuilding, Ely was raised to cathedral status. At that time the country around Ely was marsh, and the cathedral rose like a beacon on the only spot of dry land for miles around.
Minster Place, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England, CB7 4DL

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Heritage Highlight: 14th century lantern tower is an engineering tour de force

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Guyhirn Chapel is a small chapel of ease, built in 1660, and essentially unaltered since. The chapel represents a striking time-capsule of worship and architectural style in the era when Puritan ideals were strong.
High Road, Guyhirn, Cambridgeshire, England, PE13 4EF

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St James Church stands in a glorious position beside the River Great Ouse. The church dates to the 12th century and boasts a 14th-century double piscina, a plain medieval font, and memorials dating to the 17th century.
Church Street, Hemingford Grey, Cambridgeshire, England, PE28 9DE

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century double piscina

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The church of Holy Trinity dates to at least the early 13th century, though some sources suggest a mid-12th-century date. The building is composed of an aisled nave, chancel, south chapel, north sacristy, south porch, and west tower. The tower and sacristy are the oldest parts of the building. The church is built of stones with ashlar dressing.
35 Church Lane, Hildersham, Cambridgeshire, England, CB1 6BQ

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The historic church of All Saints, Huntingdon, stands on one side of the broad Market Square, opposite the Cromwell Museum. All Saints is one of only two surviving medieval parish churches in Huntingdon (the other being St Mary's, further down High Street). Though there has been a church here for over 1000 years, the current building is almost entirely 15th century.
High Street North, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: The font used to baptise Oliver Cromwell

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