St_Peter's_Church,_Prickwillow

St Peter's Church, Prickwillow

St Peter's Church, Prickwillow

Church in Cambridgeshire, England

St Peter's Church, Prickwillow, is an inactive Anglican church in the village of Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire, England.

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History

Built in 1866–8 of brick on a foundation of wooden piles by R R Rowe.[1] The church has a nave, central bell turret, transepts, and south porch.[2] The elaborately carved font of Italian marble, perhaps from Carrara, was given to Ely Cathedral by Dean Spencer in 1693.[1] The font cover is hung from the ceiling by the figure of an angel.[2] After the church was declared redundant in 2011, the font was returned to the cathedral. [1] The 1691 bell was also given by Ely Cathedral.[3] The baptism register starts in 1874 and the marriages in 1864. There is no graveyard as nearby Ely is used.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Pevsner (1970) p. 450
  2. [2]
    Pugh (1953) p. 82–86
  3. [3]
    St Peter's Church Prickwillow online

Bibliography

  • Pevsner, Nikolaus (1970), Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) (2nd ed.), Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-09586-9
  • T.D. Atkinson; Ethel M. Hampson; E.T. Long; C.A.F. Meekings; Edward Miller; H.B. Wells; G.M.G. Woodgate (1953). Pugh, R.B. (ed.). The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Cambridge and the isle of Ely. Vol. IV. Oxford University Press.
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus; Simon Bradley (2014), Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) (3rd ed.), Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-20596-1


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