St Andrews Church Caxton- Cambridgeshire
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Norfolk12
N 52° 12.192 W 000° 05.881
30U E 698298 N 5787608
A Early english church at present undergoing some refurbishment to the roof and walls.
Waymark Code: WMC7PJ
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/05/2011
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The church of St. Andrew is a building of stone and flint, chiefly Early English, but with portions in the Perpendicular style, and consists of chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch.
The low embattled western tower containing 6 bells, restored and a new treble bell added in 1879, at a cost of about £400.
The chancel retains a piscina with Geometric tracery in the head, and a plain sedile. The nave is curiously placed, being askew and on a higher level than the chancel, and is separated from the aisle by an arcade of four very lofty arches, carried on clustered piers.
There are several memorials of the Barnard family, who had a seat at Caxton, and a memorial window to John Augustus Wright, surgeon, of this parish, d. 1869.
There were formerly brasses to Sir John Myton, vicar, with effigy, 1479. John Cretyng, 1500, and Walter Cretyng, 1483.
The church was restored in 1874 and 1929 The church of Caxton, which had belonged to the priory of Lewes, was in 1351 given to the Dean and Canons of Windsor.
Dowsing, the Puritan iconoclast, on coming here removed "a cross on ye steeple and one on ye church, and 20 superstitious pictures."
The register dates from the year 1741.
Extracts from Kelly's Directory- Cambridgeshire - 1929.
Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1220
Age of Church building determined by?: Historical Society
If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: church of england
If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Sunday
Street address of Church:
St Andrews Church
Caxton, Camb's United Kingdom
Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link]
If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed
Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: Not Listed
Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: Not listed
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