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A stone church with a tall tower sits behind a wall and trees, with a person standing on a path in the foreground.

Cottenham Church (MoC769/86)

All Saints, Cottenham

History of All Saints, Cottenham

Listed Building:

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

A black and white line drawing of a man pointing at a gravestone, surrounded by printed text detailing local epitaphs.

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

A street view with a red car driving towards a church tower in the distance, flanked by white buildings and a thatched house.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

Looking down the tiled aisle of a church toward the altar, flanked by rows of wooden pews with tall, thin, candle-like lights.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

Interior of a church with wooden pews, a tiled aisle, tall candle stands, and a large wooden screen under a stone archway.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

A nativity display in a wooden frame stands beside a stone pillar wrapped in a string of glowing warm fairy lights.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

Two embroidered church banners hanging on stands behind a candle, one depicting Christ in majesty and the other the Virgin Mary.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

Stone sedilia with three stepped, arched niches set into a white interior wall beneath a diamond-paned church window.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

Interior view of a church nave with high stone arches, a wooden beamed ceiling, rows of wooden pews, and an altar at the end.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

A rectangular white marble memorial plaque with a pediment containing a bird carving and black stone surround on a wall.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

An ornate, carved stone memorial tablet on a church wall bearing a long inscription in memory of Mrs Alice Rogers.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

A blue and white embroidered banner featuring the Virgin and Child, hanging on a wooden stand next to a white candle.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

Rectangular dark stone floor slab set into a floor, engraved with Latin text in capital letters in memory of Jacobus Smith.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

Information sheet about All Saints Church, Cottenham, featuring a historical sketch, a postcard photograph, and two inscriptions.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

An information sheet with text and fourteen photographs of medieval stone carvings, gargoyles, and headstops from a church.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

A three-panel stained glass window depicts biblical scenes including figures, a donkey, and architecture in rich colors.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

An information sign printed with the text of the Parable of the Good Samaritan, next to a piece of stained glass.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

A framed black wooden board with gold painted lettering listing 1787 charitable donations inside All Saints church, Cottenham.

All Saints Cottenham (RGL2026)

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