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Street scene in Willingham with a thatched cottage, a distant church tower, and two small figures walking along the road.

Church Street, Willingham, 1890s (Cambs Collection)

St Mary and All Saints church, Willingham

History of St Mary and All Saints

Listed Building

Parish church, mainly early C14, with South aisle and spire restored 1825 and general restoration of 1891. (Historic England)

A stone church tower with a clock face and spire rises above a rough-hewn stone wall featuring a carved gargoyle head.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026

A tall, arched wooden church door with ornamental iron hinges is set into a rough stone wall beneath a timber-framed porch.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

A stone column featuring chevron carvings set into a rough-hewn, grey stone wall, with a smaller ornate stone above it.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026

Norman column in porch

A stone pillar carved with chevron patterns set into a rough-hewn rubble masonry wall above a small stone alcove.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026

Norman column in porch

The interior of a church with carved wooden ceiling beams, an ornate rood screen, a pipe organ, and wall paintings.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026

Faded mural paintings decorate the stone wall above a church arch, featuring faint red and dark geometric patterns and figures.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026

Intricately carved wooden hammer-beam roof in a church, featuring several winged wooden angel figures projecting from the beams.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026

An ornate wooden hammerbeam roof with carved brackets and decorative panels, seen from below in a high-arched church interior.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026

The underside of a timber-framed church roof featuring carved wooden beams and brackets above light-colored stone walls.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

A wooden carved angel with outspread wings and a crown, holding a small harp, is mounted on a wall below a ceiling beam.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Faded wall painting on a stone interior church wall showing a draped figure in blue holding a faint scale, beneath wood beams.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026

Faded medieval wall painting in a stone arch featuring faint outlines of robed figures and a braided border in grey and pink.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

A wall painting of a bearded king holding a staff and child stands between two carved wooden angels on a stone church wall.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Carved wooden angels project from the wall above stone arches painted with faded reddish floral patterns and heraldic shields.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Faded wall paintings and two carved wooden angel corbels adorn the wall above a pointed stone arch inside a church.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Carved wooden angels project from the wall below a dark timber roof, adjacent to a faded medieval wall painting of two figures.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Faded wall paintings occupy the spandrel beside a stone arch, framed by dark carved wooden roof beams featuring angel corbels.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Wooden screen panels featuring painted red backgrounds with repeating green bird motifs, viewed above a carved wooden pew.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

The interior of a church chancel features a stone altar, gold curtains, and a central stained glass window with two statues.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

An ornate wooden rood screen with open tracery beneath a high stone arch and a complex timber roof with carved figures.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

A stone pointed arch set into a light-coloured plaster wall next to a wooden chair with a mitre carving and a gold curtain.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

A framed information sign with typed text detailing the history and architectural features of the sacristy at Willingham church.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Sacristy / Anchorhold

An open wooden door set into a white stone wall leads through a pointed archway to a room with tiled floors and a window.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Sacristy / Anchorhold door

A pale stone corbel with a stepped top, projecting from a wall and terminating in a weathered, carved human face.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Sacristy / Anchorhold decoration

Two weathered wooden panels feature ornate, carved Gothic arches with trefoil detailing above vertical graining.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Dark wood panelling with gothic arch carvings, featuring worn panels painted with remnants of red pigment, set in a church.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

An ornate wooden screen with gothic arches stands between stone pillars, with a blue fabric banner hanging to the right.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

A brass eagle lectern stands beside a stone fireplace carved with shields in the interior of St Mary and All Saints Church.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Faded medieval wall painting above a stone arch, featuring a carved wooden angel figure mounted on the wall above.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Faded medieval wall painting of a standing figure in robes set within a deep stone church window recess with floral detail.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Faded medieval wall painting of a figure in robes beside a narrow church window with diamond-paned leaded glass.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Interior of a church showing pointed stone arches, carved wooden ceiling beams, faded wall paintings, and a circular chandelier.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Weathered stone church wall featuring a leaded window above a rectangular section of masonry filled with mismatched stone.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

Filled in doorway formerly used by bell ringers to exit church

A churchyard filled with many old gravestones, surrounded by trees and a blooming cherry tree under a bright blue sky.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

A path curves past a grassy churchyard filled with various stone monuments, crosses, and obelisks under a blue sky with clouds.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

A tall granite Celtic cross war memorial stands in a churchyard, with wreaths at its base and headstones in the background.

St Mary and All Saints Willingham (RGL2026)

War Memorial

Sources

Historic England

Tags

church
Listed building
medieval

Projects

Willingham

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