Cambridgeshire is a large and diverse county, and this is reflected
in its churches. In the south, chalk provided flints for even the
grandest of churches. The Fens in the north and east had no
building materials of their own, so limestone was transported from
further north and may best be seen in those churches that were
owned or established by monastic houses. In the former county of
Huntingdonshire limestone dominates, and bricks made from the local
clays make an early appearance. In this book author John E. Vigar
presents a selection of the most interesting churches from across
the county, including the former counties of the Isle of Ely,
Huntingdonshire and Peterborough, covering every period and type of
church, from simple Saxo-Norman churches such as Hauxton, to late
medieval churches where money was plentiful such as Whittlesey.
Former monastic houses are represented by March and Ramsey, a rare
seventeenth-century church at Guyhirn and one of the most important
nineteenth-century churches in England at Cambridge All Saints, as
well as many other ecclesiastical gems in the county. This
fascinating picture of an important part of the history of
Cambridgeshire over the centuries will be of interest to all those
who live in or are visiting this attractive county in England.
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