Cottenham Church (MoC769/86)

All Saints, Cottenham

History of All Saints, Cottenham

Parish church, of C13 origins but mostly rebuilt in C15 and the upper stages of the West tower are 1617.

Cottenham in Focus (20020 notes that the earliest evidence of a church on this site a charter from King Edred mentioning a church at Cottenham in 948. There are also some remains of zig-zag Norman masonry.

The tower is built on the base of the steeple which was destroyed by a gale in 1617. The stucco casing was removed in 1928.

https://camchurch.druidic.org/churches/cottenham.htm

Notable Epitaphs in Cambridgeshire II: from Leaflets of Local Lore by Urbs Camboritum (Cambs Collection)

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

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