Historic Churches in Cambridgeshire

There are two historic churches in Swaffham Prior, and they share the same churchyard (see Duxford for a similar pair of churches). One was built by the Norman lords of the manor and the other by the Abbey of Ely.
High Street, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England, CB5 0LD

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St Mary's is a 12th-century church, sharing the same churchyard as the 15th-century church of St Cyriac. The glory of St Mary's is the Norman tower, topped with an unusual 16-sided lantern. Inside are a collection of memorial brasses dated to 1462 and memorials to generations of the Allix family, lords of the manor.
High Street, Swaffham Prior, Cambridgeshire, England, CB25 0LD

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Heritage Highlight: A collection of medieval brasses

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Remains of an 11th-century abbey church adapted to serve as the parish church. There was an abbey here as early as the 7th century, but this was refounded as a Benedictine abbey in the late 10th century. The abbey was disbanded by Henry VIII and part of the nave survives. The west front features superb medieval carving.
Thorney, East Anglia, Cambridgeshire, England, PE6 0QB

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Trumpington is now little more than a suburb of Cambridge, but in the Middle Ages, it would have been a place of rural calm. Geoffrey Chaucer mentions it in his Canterbury Tales as having a mill.
Grantchester Road, Trumpington, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 9LH

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Heritage Highlight: 13th-century Trumpington brass

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A 13th-century church almost entirely rebuilt in the 15th century by Thomas Alcock, a relative of the powerful Bishop of Ely. The only substantive 13th-century remains are the chancel arch, tower, and the tower arch. St Peter's consists of a nave, chancel, north and south chapels, south porch, and west tower.
Church Lane, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: 15th century timber roof

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The parish church of St Mary and All Saints in Willingham is a mainly 13th-century building blessed with a wealth of wonderful medieval wall paintings. The paintings were discovered in the 1890s when Rev John Watkins had the church restored. He discovered the wall paintings hidden under layers of whitewash, possibly put there by staunch puritans during the Reformation.
Church Street, Willingham, Cambridgeshire, England

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval wall paintings

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A fine town church dating to the 12th century. Wisbech church is unusual in that it has twin naves and chancels under one roof. There are several fine Jacobean memorials and a life-sized 15th-century brass.
Church Terrace, Wisbech, East Anglia, Cambridgeshire, England, PE13 1EU

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