Knapwell church, 1956 (photo F J Bywaters) (Cambridgeshire Collection)
All Saints, Knapwell
History of All Saints
Listed Building:
Parish Church. West tower, C14, nave and chancel rebuilt 1866 by W M Fawcett.
Vanishing Cambridgeshire notes p.131:
The 14th century tower still stands but the main body of the church suffered from centuries of neglect and was ruinous by the 18th century. In 1753 the chancel collapsed; in 1785 part of the nave collapsed. In 1857 the rector vanished and was found in his night-shirt totally insane.
In 1861 Henry Brown, the new curate, raised money to build a new church. Designed by W N Fawcett it was completed in 1866.
However by 1978 the church was once again in a poor state of repair.
Building dates
- Built by 1399
Source for this date
- Built by 1399: Listed building: by C14 (grade II*)
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