St Michael, Longstanton (RGL2026)

St Michael’s church, Longstanton

History of St Michael Longstanton

Listed Building:

Church. Mostly early C13 with chancel rebuilt 1884. Fieldstones with Barnack limestone dressings and reed thatch and tiled roofs. Original end parapets to nave with gabled double bellcote to West gable end. Nave with North and South aisles, South porch and chancel. West gable has two four stage buttresses and restored C14 West window.

Well and well-head. C19. Gault brick and pebblestone. Five steps down to well with well-head in round headed arch. Moulded brick to jambs of well-head.

An essay by Heather McVey about the remarkable well and its solar alignment can be found here:

https://www.invokingvenus.com/_files/ugd/2d3cd2_52e55f42ab6642948463e8c204f5f3a3.pdf

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1877-1881 Revd. McKinney
1882-1888 Revd. Gunton
1888-1892 Revd. J. D. Harrington
1892-1921 Revd. Alfred Peskett
1921-1928 Revd. Horace Bernard Woolley

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