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St Peter's Church, Snailwell c.1910 (photo Louis Cobbett) (Cambridgeshire Collection)

St Peter, Snailwell

History of St Peter

St Peter’s church is one of two in Cambridgeshire with a round tower.

1908: The Rectory was hit by lightening CWN 10.7.1908

1959: renovation of the Rectory revealed that not only did much of the building date to the 16th century, but there was also the top of an arch from a building which stood on the site before the Norman Conquest.

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