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1. Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
12thc. circular aisled nave with unlighted gallery and central ribbed dome on a lighted drum. To this is attached a rectangular two-bay aisled chancel, originally of the 13thc. The present appearance owes much to Salvin's restoration of 1841: particularly the chancel, the W doorway, the gallery capitals and the entire drum and dome of the nave, which replaced a 15thc. bell-storey. The church is built of ashlar.
2. Ely Cathedral, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England

Benedictine monastery originally, now Cathedral.
The church begun by Abbot Simeon in 1082 had a 13-bay aisled nave, four-bay aisled transepts, a crossing with a tower, and a four-bay aisled chancel terminating in an apse. At the W end was a second transept with E chapels and a second tower. A western Galilee porch was added in the 13thc. (1198–1215), and the chancel was extended to the E with a six-bay retrochoir, completed in 1252. In 1321 the Lady Chapel was added to the N of the choir, and a year later the crossing tower collapsed. The octagon, built to replace it, was completed by 1342, and in the same campaign the remaining bays of the 11thc. chancel were replaced. The only above-ground survivals of the original chancel are the two easternmost piers of its straight section. Elsewhere in the building, the N section of the W transept collapsed in the late 15thc., and the NW corner of the N transept in 1699. The former was merely consolidated, the latter rebuilt.
3. St Mary, Guilden Morden, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish Church
The church consists of an aisled nave and aisleless chancel of flint with re-used ashlar (including 12thc. moulded stones but no sculpture) and tile and brick repairs. There is a W tower of ashlar with a Hertfordshire spike. The nave has doorways to N and S, the S being larger and protected by a flint porch. An ashlar vestry has been added to the N of the chancel. At the junction of nave and chancel on the S is an octagonal stair turret. Inside it becomes clear that the nave has been lengthened. The three E bays of the S arcade date from c.1300, while the three W bays and the entire N arcade are later. The only Romanesque feature is the font.
4. St Edmund, Hauxton, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
Hauxton has kept its 12thc. aisleless nave and chancel, and the chancel arch between them. The nave terminates at the E end with angle-rolled buttresses. The chancel had an apse originally but is now square-ended. Transepts were added to the nave, but have been removed. The W tower, with its tower arch, is plain Perpendicular. A storeroom has been added to the nave, approached from within through the completely plain N doorway. Construction is of flint and pebble rubble with render on the chancel. 12thc. carved features are the S doorway, one nave window, the chancel arch and possibly the font.
5. St Mary Magdalene, Ickleton, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
Architecturally, Ickleton is one of the most important Romanesque churches in the county. It was originally a cruciform church of c.1100 with aisleless chancel, aisled four-bay nave with clerestory, transepts and a central tower. The S aisle was widened (14thc.) to the width of the transept, and a chapel added to the N side of the chancel (15thc.), which was later removed although its entrance arch remains. The N transept has since been shortened to the width of the aisle. The original nave clerestory was very low, with windows above the apex of each arch. When the aisle roofs were raised, new windows were added at a higher level, but five rather than four, so that the clerestory is out of phase with the arcade. The chancel was rebuilt in the later Middle Ages, and again in 1882. The upper storey of the tower is 14-15thc., and it has a lead broach spire and a Sanctus bell. The church is constructed of flint and Sarsen pebbles. Restoration work following a deliberate fire in 1979 resulted in the discovery of a celebrated cycle of wall paintings from the 2nd half of the 12thc. decorates the N wall of the nave. Sculpture described here comprises the nave arcades, W crossing arch and W doorway.
6. St Leonard, Little Downham, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
Five-bay aisled nave with clerestorey and S doorway under a 15thc. porch, aisleless chancel with N vestry of 1900, W tower. The earliest parts are 12thc. (the lower storey of the tower). For the rest, the elaborate S doorway is early 13thc. in its structure but 12thc. in its decorative repertoire. This is described below, but such other early 13thc. features as the tower arch and nave arcades fall outside the scope of the CRSBI. The church is of mixed flint, pebble and stone, except for the N aisle, of brick, which was restored in 1912. Other restorations took place in 1897 and 1899.
7. St Mary Magdalene, Madingley, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
Extremely tall, five-bay nave with clerestorey, N aisle and N and S porches. Much lower aisleless chancel and W tower with octagonal stone spire. The original (lower) nave and the chancel date from c.1300 and the aisle and tower from the early 14thc. The clerestorey windows are Perpendicular, so the heightening of the nave presumably dates from this time, but the exterior treatment makes it difficult to be sure. The chancel and tower are constructed of pebble rubble, the nave of stone rubble laid disturbingly like crazy paving. The S side of the nave is mortar rendered. Inside, the piers of the N arcade are of Barnack stone and the arches of local clunch. There was a restoration in 1872-74 by J. Morley and J. Christian, and in 1926 the spire, having become unsafe, was taken down along with the topmost storey of the tower. Rebuilding was completed in the following year. The only 12thc. feature is the font.
8. St Mary the Virgin, Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
A flint and pebble church consisting of nave and aisles with an aisleless 13thc. chancel and a W tower with a lead spike and an external Sanctus bell. A vestry was added to the S of the tower in the 19thc. The three W bays of both nave arcades date from the later 12thc., while the two E bays are 13thc.
9. St Andrew, Soham, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
A cruciform church of c.1200 with aisled nave, transepts and aisleless chancel. The crossing tower was removed and a W tower built to replace it, referred to in 1502 as the novum campanile and probably dating from around that time. The nave clerestorey is also late medieval, as is the chapel added to the N of the chancel. The W crossing arch provides a spectacular display of chevron ornament, and all four crossing arches have carved capitals, as do the nave arcades. Finally there are plain arches leading from the nave aisles into the transepts.
10. St Andrew, Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
Nave with N and S aisles and a N transept at the E end; aisleless chancel and W tower. A large flint vestry has been added to the N of the nave. The nave, transept and tower are of flint and pebble, while the chancel has been newly rebuilt in concrete blocks on the original flint plinth course. There is a 12thc. chancel arch, and a small gravestone loose inside the church.
11. St Peter, Wentworth, Cambridgeshire, England

Parish church
St Peter's is a small church with aisleless nave and chancel and a W tower with a pyramid roof. The nave has 12thc. N and S doorways, the S under a porch dating from 1868, when the nave was rebuilt. The chancel is 13thc. and the tower 14thc. Construction is of stone and pebble rubble. The nave has recently been converted into a church hall by screening it from the chancel and laying a tiled floor. Benches for the parishioners have been installed in the chancel, which already contained choir stalls and the organ. The nave doorways are described below, but the glory of the church is a 12thc relief of St Peter now set into the interior N chancel wall.