St Nicholas, Landwade, 1937 (photo L Cobbett) Cambridgeshire Collection)

St Nicholas, Landwade

History of St Nicholas Church

Listed Building

Church of St Nicholas. Built c.1445 for Sir Walter Cotton. Cruciform plan and west tower. … South transept monuments, similar, of marble with recumbant figures on tomb chests with classical details to canopies, to Sir John Cotton d.1689 and to Sir John Cotton and his wife d.1620. Wall monument to Sir John Cotton d.1712 of white marble with two putti by Thomas Aday. Memorial stained glass windows C15.

Remains of churchyard cross, medieval. Broken octagonal shaft with broach stops on square plinth.

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In 1927 the CDN wrote:

Landwade church is small and dates back to the 15th century but today there is only Lord St Davids and a few labourers in the congregation. Some wonderful old armorial glass which was taken away by the Cotton family has now been handed back.