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Abbots Ripton, St. Andrew. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Abbotsley, St. Margaret. © Jim Rushton. Another view. © James Murray.
Alconbury, St. Peter and St. Paul. © Robin Peel. Another view. © Jim Rushton.
Alwalton, St. Andrew. TL 134 959. © Zoe Martin. Another view. © Robin Peel. Link.
Arrington, St. Nicholas. © Bill McKenzie. Two further views - 1, 2. Both © James Murray.

Babraham, St. Peter. The church contains a fine monument, and a lovely modern stained glass window. All © John Salmon.
Barham, St. Giles. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Barnack, Methodist Church (formerly Wesleyan). © Robin Peel.
Barrington, All Saints. Another view. Interior view. Lady Chapel. Link. Former chapel (1856) now a private residence. All © James Murray.
Barton, St. Peter. Another view. Interior view. Link. Baptist Church. All © James Murray.
Bluntisham, St. Mary. Another view. Baptist Church. Another building seems to stand on the same plot of land. What is the relationship between the two? All © Jim Rushton. In a recent communication (2010), Graham Harris, the church deacon, advised that the buildings had recently been renovated, and supplied the following link and photo of the Memorial Wall, © Graham Harris. The link has a good church history.
Bourn, St. Helena and St. Mary. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Interior view, and Lady Chapel, both © James Murray. Link.
Boxworth, St. Peter. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Brampton, St. Mary Magdalene. © Bill Henderson. Another view. Interior view. Both © Jim Rushton.
Brington, All Saints. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton.
Broughton, All Saints. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Buckden, St. Mary. Another view. A gargoyle. All © Robin Peel. Link. St. Hugh of Lincoln (R.C.). © Graeme Harvey. Link.
Buckworth, All Saints. © Richard Higgins. Photo link is to an external website with a number of photos of this church. Link.
Burwell, St. Mary. TL 590 660. © Janice Tostevin. Link.
Bury, Holy Cross. © Jim Rushton.
Bythorn, St. Lawrence. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton.

Caldecote, St. Michael and All Angels. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Cambridge.
Castor, St. Kyneburgha, Detail of the tower. Both from old postcards in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Caxton, St. Andrew. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. The following are all © James Murray. Another view, interior view, and Lady Chapel. Probable former(?) church. Can you name it?  Link.
Chesterton, St. Michael. © Robin Peel. Link.
Chippenham, St. Margaret of Antioch. © Peter Wood. Link.
Chittering, the remains of Denny Abbey. Another view. Both © James Murray. Link.
Christchurch, Christ Church. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection.
Colne, St. Helen. © Jim Rushton.
Comberton, St. Mary. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link. Another view of St. Mary, and Comberton Baptist Church. Both © James Murray.
Conington, St. Mary. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Croyden, All Saints. © Bill McKenzie.

Denny Abbey - see Chittering (above).
Dry Drayton, St. Peter and St. Paul. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Duxford, St. John. From an old postcard in
Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.

Easton, St. Peter. © Jim Rushton.
Eaton Socon, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Ellington, All Saints. Another view. Interior view. All © Jim Rushton. Link.
Elsworth, Holy Trinity. Another view. Link. Elsworth Baptist Church. All © Jim Rushton.
Eltisley, St. Pandionia and St. John the Baptist. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Elton, All Saints. Another view. Interior view. All © Jim Rushton. Link.
Ely.
Etton, St. Stephen. Robin says that this church was in a terrible state - boarded up windows, broken gargoyles, etc. © Robin Peel. Another view. © Jill Coulthard.
Eye, St. Matthew. © Robin Peel.

Farcet, St. Mary. Robin describes the church as "run down" so perhaps not in use. © Robin Peel. Another view. © Jim Rushton. Link (scroll down).
Fen Drayton, St. Mary. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Fenstanton, the Parish Church. © Jim Rushton.
Fletton, St. Margaret. Link. Nonconformist Church. Both © Jim Rushton.
Folksworth, St. Helen. © Robin Peel. Link.
Fowlmere, St. Mary. TL 422459. © Malcolm Matthews. Link.
Fulbourn, St. Vigor. © Susan Sinclair. Link.

Gamlingay, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Glatton, St. Nicholas. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Glinton, St. Benedict. A gargoyle, supposedly taking aim at Peterborough Cathedral, the work of an underpaid mason. Both © Robin Peel. Link.
Godmanchester, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Grafham, All Saints. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton.
Grantchester, St. Mary and St. Andrew. Its fine east window. Both © John Salmon.
Graveley, St. Botolph. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Great Eversden, St. Mary. Interior view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Great Gidding, St. Michael. © Richard Higgins. Photo link is to an external website with a number of photos of this church. Link.
Great Gransden, St. Bartholomew. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Another view. © James Murray. Interior view and Lady Chapel, both © James Murray. Baptist Church. © James Murray. Standing close to the Baptist Church is this probable former church (Methodist?). © James Murray.
Great Paxton, Holy Trinity. © Jim Rushton.
Great Shelford, St. Mary the Virgin, possesses a fine stained-glass window. Both © John Salmon.
Great Staughton, St. Andrew. © Jim Rushton.
Great Stukeley, St. Martin. © Robin Peel. Another view. © Jim Rushton.
Guilden Morden, St. Mary. © Bill McKenzie.
Guyhirn, Chapel of Ease. © George Weston.

Haddon, St. Mary. © Robin Peel. Link.
Hail Weston, St. Nicholas. © Jim Rushton.
Hamerton, All Saints. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Harlton, Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Anglican, ca. 1375). Another view. Interior view. Side chapel. James advises that the church owes its dedication (unusual in a Protestant church) to its place on a pilgrimage route to Walsingham. All © James Murray. Link.
Hartford, All Saints. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link1. Link2.
Haslingfield, All Saints. Interior view. Side Chapel and Side altar. Link (n.b. 7Mb file). Haslingfield Methodist Church. All © James Murray.
Hatley St. George, St. George. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Hauxton, St. Edmund. A fine Norman doorway. Both © John Salmon.
Helpston, St. Botolph. Interior view. This is the burial place of the poet John Clare. Both © Jill Coulthard.
Hemingford Abbots, St. Margaret of Antioch. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Hilton, St. Mary Magdalene. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton.
Hinxton, St. Mary & St. John. © Geoff King. Link.
Holme, St. Giles. Another view, and another. All © Jim Rushton. Link.
Houghton, St. Mary. Methodist Church. Both © Jim Rushton.
Huntingdon, All Saints. © Graeme Harvey. Link. St. Mary. TL 241 718. © Janice Tostevin. Two additional views, both © Jim Rushton, 1, 2. Link.

Keyston, St. John the Baptist. © Richard Higgins. Photo link is to an external website with a number of photos of this church. Link.
Kimbolton, St. Andrew. Previously in the "Unknown" section, Jeff Holmes had been looking for help in identifying a church from un-labelled photos of 25 years or so ago (photos © Jim Huling). He managed to solve this one himself - it's St. Andrew at Kimbolton, in Cambridgeshire. Another view, the beautiful Tiffany window, and a detail from the painted medieval screen. All © Janice Tostevin. An old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's collection. Link.
King's Ripton, St. Peter. TL 261 765. © Jim Rushton. Another view. © Bill Henderson. Link.
Kingston, All Saints and St. Andrew. © James Murray. Link.
Knapwell, All Saints. © Jim Rushton. Link.

Leighton Bromswold, St. Mary. © Jim Rushton.
Linton, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. TL 561 466. Both © William Metcalfe.
Little Downham, St. Leonard. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Link.
Little Eversden, St. Helen. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Little Gransden, St. Peter and St. Paul. © Jim Rushton. Another view, the Lady Chapel and interior view, all © James Murray. Link.
Little Paxton, St. James. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Little Stukeley, St. Martin. © Robin Peel. Two additional views, both © Jim Rushton, 1, 2. Link.
Lolworth, All Saints. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Longstowe, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Another view, © James Murray. Link.

Madingley, St. Mary Magdalene. © Jim Rushton. Link.
March, St. Wendreda (K), and its fabulous wooden roof. TL 415 952. Both © Janice Tostevin. Link.
Maxey, St. Peter. © Robin Peel. Link.
Morborne, All Saints. © Robin Peel. Link.
Melbourn.

Molesworth, St.Peter. © Jim Rushton. Link.

Northborough, St. Andrew. © Robin Peel.

Offord Cluny, All Saints. Now serves both villages since St. Peter at Offord D'Arcy was made redundant. © Robin Peel. Another view. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Offord D'Arcy, the redundant St. Peter. © Robin Peel. Two further views, 1, 2, both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Old Weston, St. Swithin. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Orton Longueville, Holy Trinity. © Robin Peel.

Orton Waterville, St. Mary. © Robin Peel. Another view. © Jim Rushton. Link. Methodist Chapel. © Robin Peel. Another view. © Jim Rushton.
Orwell, St. Andrew. Interior view. Another view. Side Chapel. All © James Murray. Link.
Over, St. Mary. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.

Papworth Everard, St. Peter. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Papworth St. Agnes. Oddly, dedicated to St. John the Baptist. Another view. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Peakirk, St. Pega. © Robin Peel. Link.
Peterborough.
Pidley, All Saints. Another view. © Jim Rushton. Link.

Ramsey, St. Thomas a Becket. From an old postcard (franked 1916), Geoff Watt's Collection. Two modern views, 1, 2, both © Jim Rushton. Link (click Buildings, then the third icon along). Methodist Church. © Jim Rushton.
Ramsey St. Mary, St. Mary. Another view. © Jim Rushton.


St. Ives.
St. Neots, St. Mary the Virgin. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Sawtry, All Saints. © Mark Summers. Two additional views, both © Jim Rushton. Methodist Church. Both © Mark Summers.
Shepreth, All Saints. An unusual font. Both © John Salmon.
Somersham, St. John the Baptist. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Spaldwick, St. James. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Stapleford, dedicated to St. Andrew. © John Salmon.
Steeple Morden, St. Peter & St. Paul. © Bill McKenzie.
Stibbington, St. John the Baptist. © Zoe Martin.
Stilton, St. Mary Magdalen, and a fine, if grisly, tombstone. Both © Robin Peel. Two further views, both © Jim Rushton - 1, 2.
Sutton-in-the-Isle, St. Andrew. © Richard Higgins. Photo link is to an external website with a number of photos of this church. Link.
Swaffham Prior, St. Mary the Virgin and St. Cyriac. St. Mary is the parish church (with the broken tower in the engraving). It shared a churchyard with St. Cyriac. From old engravings (1901) in Colin Waters' Collection. Link (St. Mary). Link (St. Cyriac).
Swavesey, St. Andrew. Another view. Link. Baptist Church. Bethel Baptist Church. Link.

Tadlow, St. Giles. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection - note that the card has been rather heavily processed - the original is very faded. Link.
Thorney, Baptist Church. © Robin Peel.
Thornhaugh, St. Andrew. © Robin Peel.
Tilbrook, All Saints. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Toft, St. Andrew. Link. Methodist Church. Both © James Murray. Link.
Toseland, St. Michael. Another view. The splendid south door. Link. Methodist Church. All © Jim Rushton.

Trumpington, St. Mary and St. Michael. © John Salmon.

Upwood, St. Peter. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton.

Warboys, St. Mary Magdalene. © Jim Rushton.
Waresley, St. James. © Jim Rushton.
Water Newton, St. Remigius. © Robin Peel. Link.
Wendy, All Saints. © Bill McKenzie. Link.
Wentworth, St. Peter. © Richard Higgins. Photo link is to an external website with a number of photos of this church. Link.
Werrington, St. John the Baptist. © Robin Peel.
Whittlesford, St. Mary and St. Andrew (O). TL 474 485. © Janice Tostevin. Link.
Whittlesford Bridge, Chapel of St. John the Baptist, or Duxford Chapel, it was built as a hospital, and later became a chantry chapel, which was dissolved in 1548. Interior view. Both © James Murray. Link.
Willingham, St. Mary and All Saints. © Jim Rushton. Link.
Wimpole, St. Andrew. Another view. Both © James Murray. Link.
Winwick, All Saints. © Richard Higgins. Photo link is to an external website with a number of photos of this church. Link.
Wistow, St. John the Baptist. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton. Link.
Wittering, All Saints. © Robin Peel. Link.
Wood Walton, St. Andrew. © Jim Rushton.
Wyton, the difficult to photograph All Saints. The spire. Both © Jim Rushton.

Yaxley, St. Peter. © Robin Peel.
Yelling, Holy Cross. Another view. Both © Jim Rushton.

 

 
 

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