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1. St Andrew, Alwalton, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Andrew's has a nave with aisles, the N arcade of four bays dating from c.1170-80, the S equally long but of three bays and early 13thc. The roof was raised and a clerestorey added in the 15thc. The W tower is 13thc, and later in that century N and S transepts were added. The chancel was rebuilt at around the same time. In 1840-41 the church was restored, the chancel arch rebuilt and a south porch added. The tower was underpinned and thoroughly restored in 1902-3, and the rest of the church in 1904-5. Construction is of stone rubble with Barnack dressings, ashlar in the transepts, and rendered brick for the clerestorey. 12thc features described here are the N nave arcade, the S doorway and the font.
2. Holy Cross, Bury, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
Holy Cross has a nave with a three-bay N aisle, chancel, W tower and the remains of a chapel to the W of the tower. Construction is of stone rubble except for the chancel E wall (of ashlar). The nave is early 12thc. and retains its W doorway (now inside the 13thc. tower) and its chancel arch. The N aisle was also added in the 13thc., but its N wall was rebuilt in the 14thc. The chancel and the S nave wall were rebuilt c.1400, and at some later time the chancel was shortened and the E wall rebuilt. The remains at the W end indicate that a chapel was built here c. 1500. The date of its demolition is unknown. There was a restoration in 1889, and the S porch dates from this campaign. Of the early 12thc. work, only the W doorway and the chancel arch remain.
3. All Saints, Conington, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church (redundant)
All Saints' is an imposing late-15thc. church with a four-bay aisled nave, a square-ended chancel with chapels to N and S, and a four-storey W tower with polygonal corner buttresses terminating in tall pinnacles. The pinnacles are known to date from 1638, and the entire tower might have been rebuilt by Sir Thomas Cotton at this time. It was strengthened with iron girders in 1862. Construction of the tower is of Ketton ashlar, but the rest of the church is built of stone rubble and cobble with Ketton and Barnack dressings. The only feature recorded here is the font, almost certainly 13thc. rather than 12thc., but related to Romanesque examples.
4. All Saints, Covington, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
All Saints' is an aisleless church with a 12thc nave, an early 13thc chancel rebuilt with a new chancel arch c.1300, and a W tower of c.1330, altered c.1500. The tower may have had a spire, but if so this was removed c.1500. It now has a pyramidal roof. A chapel was added to the S of the nave in the early 14thc, but it was removed in the 15thc and the entrance arch blocked. There was a major restoration in 1882-83, when a vestry and organ chamber were added to the N of the chancel. The exterior walls are of stone rubble with traces of mortar render on the N wall. Romanesque features are the N nave doorway, the plain S priest's doorway, the font, and various carved stones set into the exterior walls. There are further architectural fragments reset inside the N vestry, high on the S wall, but these were not accessible at the time of the visit.
5. St Peter, Easton, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Peter's has a nave with a four-bay N aisle, an aisleless chancel and a three-storey W tower with a broach spire. There are doorways to S, W and N, the last under a porch. The thick N nave wall may be a survival from the 12thc church. The S aisle with its arcade was added c. 1300, and the chancel also dates from this period. The tower is late 14thc. At some time in the 15thc the E end of the chancel was rebuilt, and the nave heightened with a clerestorey to the S only. The chancel was restored in 1871 when the east wall was largely rebuilt and a new roof put on; the rest of the church was refurbished in 1876-79. The south aisle was partly rebuilt in 1903-4. The spire was struck by lightning on 3rd July 1908, and subsequently repaired. Construction is of stone rubble except for the S aisle (cobble), and the spire (ashlar). A few architectural fragments and pieces of tombs are reset in the interior walls (see IV.5.c).
6. St Mary, Eaton Socon, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Mary's consists of a square-ended chancel with N vestry and N organ transept, a clerestoried nave with north and south aisles and a S porch, and a west tower, all of brown cobble with a good deal of squared ironstone in the tower. In 1930 the church was seriously damaged by fire, and it was practically rebuilt by Sir Albert Richardson following the original design and reconsecrated in 1932. Originally, the tower (largely undamaged by the fire) dated from the 14thc., and the remainder largely from the 15thc., but with the re-use of 14thc. material in the form of the arches of the S nave arcade and the S nave doorway. The original organ transept was a 19thc. addition. A brick parish room has recently been added on the N side, communicating with the church through the N nave doorway. The Purbeck font is the only 12thc. feature.
7. St Margaret, Fletton, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Margaret's has a nave with a broad N aisle and a narrow S aisle, a chancel with a N aisle partly partitioned off to form a vestry, and a W tower with a broach spire. The oldest work here is a series of Anglo-Saxon reliefs related to those at Breedon-on-the-Hill (Leics) and now set in the E chancel wall above the altar (until recently they were outside, built into the E buttresses). The N arcade, N chancel arcade and chancel arch all date from c.1160; the S aisle was added c.1300 and it was probably at this time that the N aisle was widened, and the two W bays of the N arcade turned into a single long bay by removing a pier and building a broad arch. In 1872 the church was restored and a S porch built, and in 1901 the N aisle was again rebuilt and extended to the E end of the church, absorbing the chapel and vestry that were there before. The spire was struck by lightning in 1917 and the upper part had to be rebuilt. The nave, chancel and S aisle are faced with stone rubble; the N aisle is of rough-faced ashlar; the lower storey of the tower is of rubble and the upper storey of roughly-coursed ashlar blocks. 12thc. work is found in the S chancel corbel table, the N arcades of nave and chancel and the chancel arch. 2 fine relief panels showing standing figures, built into the S wall of the chancel, are probably 9thc., but are described and discussed since they have sometimes been dated to the 12thc.
8. St Helen, Folksworth, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Helen's has an aisleless nave with a large S transept, no tower but a bellcote on the W gable, and a chancel with N vestry. The chancel, facing the road, is neo-Romanesque work of 1850, replacing an 18thc. chancel, which in turn replaced the original. The nave is 12thc. and the transept dates from c. 1300. Construction is of coursed rubble except for the ashlar chancel. The restoration of 1850 involved the rebuilding of the chancel and vestry, the rebuilding of the N wall of the nave, and the addition of the bell-cote. There is a 12thc. chancel arch and N doorway.
9. St Nicholas, Glatton, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Nicholas' has an aisled nave, the aisles embracing the W tower, a N transept and a chancel with N vestry and W tower with no spire. The three-bay nave arcades belong to the early years of the 13thc., but are included here since they include a multi-scallop capital. Their round piers have been heightened considerably. Above them is a tall Perpendicular clerestorey, so that the nave is unusually high. This heightening is most spectacularly seen in the vertiginous tower arch. The aisles were rebuilt and extended W alongside the tower c.1300. The vestry has a two-bay quadripartite rib vault. The chancel was rebuilt in two phases, 1839-40 and 1857, and the remainder of the church was restored in 1869. Construction is of stone rubble except for the tower, which is ashlar faced. There are fragments of dogtooth reset high in the E gable of the nave.
10. St Mary, Haddon, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Mary's has a clerestoreyed nave with three-bay N and S aisles, but extended to the W alongside the W tower; N and S transepts and a square chancel. The original unaisled church is represented by the spectacular early 12thc. chancel arch. Aisles (with arcades and N and S doorways) and transepts were added in the 13thc., as was the attractive N porch. The chancel was rebuilt late in the 13thc. The W nave extension and the tower belong to the 16thc. Pevsner suggests that the 13thc design for the W end involved a bellcote rather than a tower. Construction is of roughly coursed stone blocks. The church was restored in 1897 and 1901.
11. St James, Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St James's has a nave with three-bay N and S aisles and a modern S porch, an aisleless chancel, lengthened in the 13thc., with a N vestry, and a W tower added c.1400. Its octagonal spire was blown down by a gale in 1741 (as was that of All Saints in St Ives, nearby), and what was left was levelled off and decorated with ball finials at the angles. The piers and the central bay of the N arcade are 12thc. and described below. The W bay arch is stylistically later, and could have been rebuilt when the tower was added. At this time the W bay of the nave was shortened, so that the W arches of both arcades die into the wall without responds or capitals. The N arcade, E bay also looks to have been rebuilt, but rather earlier, by fitting a new E respond capital and half of the pier 1 capital along with a new arch. Something similar happened on the S side, which has round arches in the two W bays, but a pointed arch in the E bay. Both piers and the E respond are original, and all capitals are moulded, suggesting an original construction date for the S arcade in the 13thc.
12. St Giles, Holme, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
The old church consisted of consisted of an aisled nave with a W bell-cote, and a chancel and dated from the 12th and 13thc. It was demolished and a new church built by Edward Browning in 1862, which is more or less a copy of the old in its general disposition. It has an aisled four-bay nave with a W bell-cote, and an aisleless chancel with N vestry and organ loft. Construction is of rough-faced ashlar. Some of the capitals from the old church were re-used in the S arcade.
13. St Andrew, Kimbolton, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Andrew's is a spacious church with a four-bay aisled and clerestoreyed nave, an aisleless chancel with N and S chapels contiguous with the nave aisles, a N vestry to the chancel, and a W tower with a broach spire with three tiers of lucarnes. The walls are of rubble with stone dressings, except that the south wall of the chancel is of red brick. The nave arcades date from the 13thc., and the clerestorey was added c.1370. At the end of the 15thc. the S aisle was rebuilt and a porch added. At this time too, both aisles were extended E to form the chapels. The chancel and chancel arch were rebuilt c.1300, but was remodelled in the 14th-15thc. The S wall was replaced in brick in the 18thc., and the vestry added in 1847. The tower dates from the early 14thc. The whole church was restored in 1881-2, and the spire in 1903. The only object to be considered is the font, and this is by no means a prepossessing sight. It was installed in 1918, having previously been used as a cattle trough in Little Stukely.
14. St Peter, King's Ripton, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Peter's has a nave with a N aisle, chancel and W tower. The chancel has a mid-13thc. piscina, which may date the present core of the church. The N arcade and chancel arch are both 15thc., as are the tower and the N and S windows. The N clerestorey dates from this period too. The church was restored in 1851. Construction is rough, with nave and chancel of pebbles, the S chancel wall rebuilt in early brick, with brick repairs on the N side too, and the W tower and 16thc. S porch of irregular ashlar. The only Romanesque feature is the font.
15. St James, Little Paxton, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St James's is a brown cobble church consisting of a 12thc. nave and chancel with a Perpendicular S nave arcade and W tower. The chancel was restored in 1890. The S doorway, reset in the aisle wall and covered by a modern (2000) porch, is 12thc. and contains an important figural tympanum described by Pevsner (1968) as 'barbaric and entertaining'. The chancel arch jambs and imposts are also 12thc., although the arch itself is later and steeply pointed. There is a small 12thc. window head set in the S chancel wall.
16. St Martin, Little Stukeley, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Martin's has a tall aisled and clerestoried nave, a lower chancel and a W tower. The N and S nave aisles extend to the E end of the chancel, forming N and S chapels, the N now in use as a vestry. Of the present building, the tower dates from the end of the 13thc., and the chancel and N chapel to the early 14thc. There is evidence for a 13thc. N aisle, but around 1500 it was completely rebuilt, and a S aisle, S chapel and porch were added. The porch was rebuilt in 1652 and the N aisle in 1673 and again in 1887, and at this time the N chapel was converted into a vestry. R. Hutchinson, the architect responsible, collected such earlier remains as he found and displayed them in the walls. The E wall of the chancel was rebuilt in 1910. Currently (2004) the pinnacles of the tower, damaged in recent storms, are under repair. The nave is constructed of stone rubble, and the chancel of stone and pebble rubble except for the ashlar W wall of 1910. The S aisle and its porch are of ashlar, but the N aisle is of brick except for the W bay, of rubble. The tall lower storey of the tower is of pebble rubble, and the upper storey of ashlar.
17. St Peter, Molesworth, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Peter's has an aisleless nave with N and S doorways, the latter under a porch dated 1890; a 13thc. chancel, higher than the nave, with internal wall-arcading; and a three-storey W tower with battlements. The nave was rebuilt in the 15thc., and the tower added early in the 16thc. The church was restored in 1884-85, and at that time the chancel was demolished and rebuilt on a different axis. construction is of stone rubble. The church houses a collection of carved stones, some from the 12thc., which have been mortared together in the form of a Crucifixion housed in a niche at the W end of the N nave wall.
18. All Saints, Morborne, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
All Saints has a three-bay aisled nave with a S transept, and a square chancel all in ashlar and roughly coursed stone rubble; and a brick W tower. The aisles, chancel and transept all belong to the mid to late 13thc., and the tower to c.1600, but the oldest parts of the magnificent chancel arch date from the 1120s, and the N priest's doorway and the two reset nave doorways date from c.1190. The round-headed aisle windows appear to date from c.1600 rather than 12thc., as does the porch protecting the N doorway. There is a 12thc. plain font, and a single chevron voussoir was discovered built into the W wall of the N nave aisle.
19. St Thomas a Becket, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England

Originally hospitium of Ramsey Abbey, now parish church
12thc. nave with aisles of seven bays, the W bay curtailed. The clerestorey dates from the 15thc. The one-bay square vaulted chancel originally had aisles, and remains of the S aisle are visible on the exterior. On the N there is a later vestry that continues the line of the nave aisle. The tower is set at the S of the nave's W end, and its erection dates from 1672. The building history is complex and is sketched in section VII, but here it must be noted that the building was originally the hospitium of Ramsey Abbey, and had no W tower. The nave arcades were shortened by just over one bay when the tower was added, and the tower arch appears to have been constructed of parts of the removed arcade including the W respond capitals. Meanwhile the original W doorway, of much the same date as the nave but stylistically unrelated, was presumably moved to its present position as W tower doorway. This is only one of several hypotheses that could be advanced to account for the present appearance of the W end. The tower and the lower parts of the aisle walls and the E façade are of ashlar, while what can be seen of the rest of the chancel is of cobbles. There was an extensive restoration in 1843-44. 12thc work described here comprises the chancel vault and arch, its E windows and the remains of the S chapel; the nave arcades, the W tower arch and the W tower doorway.
20. St Leonard, Southoe, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Leonard's is built of cobbles, and has a square-ended, late-13thc. chancel and a three-bay aisled nave with a clerestorey. The S arcade dates from the late 13thc., and the N is Perpendicular as is the brick clerestorey. The W bay of the N aisle houses the tower - Perpendicular and of brick with a low tiled roof. The chancel arch indicates that the nave itself is 12thc., and also from this period comes the reset S doorway and a section of string course reset in the W wall of the S aisle.
21. St James, Spaldwick, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St James's has a 12thc. nave to which a four-bay S aisle was added in the late 13thc. The chancel and its arch are also late 13thc., and a S chapel was added c. 1500, when the aisle was rebuilt. Clerestoreys were added to N and S of the nave late in the 14thc. The W tower is also 14thc. work. It has a broach spire with three tiers of lucarnes and rises 152 feet. Construction is of stone and pebble rubble, save the tower and spire (of ashlar) and the nave clerestorey (of brick). Romanesque sculpture is found on the N doorway and the font.
22. St Andrew, Steeple Gidding, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church (redundant)
St Andrew's has a clerestoried nave with a four-bay S aisle, a square-ended aisleless chancel and a battlemented W tower bearing a spire with two tiers of lucarnes. The building is substantially 14thc., but part of the S doorway is 12thc., as is a holy water stoup set just inside it. The nave and aisle are of squared ashlar; the chancel and tower of stone rubble. The church was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1872-73, and at this time the 15thc. S porch was replaced by the present one. The tower and spire were restored in 1899.
23. St John the Baptist, Stibbington, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
From the exterior the church is substantially of 1848-49. The medieval work consists of a nave with 12thc. N arcade and 13thc. S arcade, and a 13thc. chancel with a 12thc. chancel arch. A tower was added in the 15thc., but in 1848-49 this was pulled down, new aisles were built, and the W front was remodelled. At the same time a N transept with an organ gallery and a N vestry were added. The W doorway looks entirely neo-Romanesque, but includes some re-used 12thc. pieces and is described here, along with the early 12thc. chancel arch, the N arcade of c.1170, and the slightly later font.
24. All Saints, St Ives, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
All Saints has an aisled nave with aisleless chancel of coarse rubble, and a graceful W tower of ashlar with an octagonal spire, rising to a height of 151 feet. The present building is largely the result of a complete rebuilding, begun in 1470, but some 13thc. features have survived, notably the N doorway, one S aisle window, and a double piscina. The tower was blown down by a gale in 1741, rebuilt in 1748 and again rebuilt in 1879. In 1918 an aeroplane crashed into the spire, which fell on the nave roof, and a rebuilding of spire and roof took place in 1924. The only 12thc. feature is the font.
25. St Botolph, Stow Longa, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
The existence of a reset 12thc. doorway confirms that there was a stone church of that date, but there appears to have been a complete rebuilding in the 13thc. The nave with its four-bay aisles belongs to that period, as does the chancel with its broad arch. The E end of the S aisle was widened to form a chapel c. 1330, and in the 15thc. the clerestorey was added. The W tower dates from c. 1500. The main doorway now is in the S aisle, facing the village, and is 13thc. work of some pretension to grandeur. The 12thc. doorway now serving as a priest's door is much too imposing to have fulfilled that function originally, and although it is small for a nave doorway this is what it must have been. The chancel and chancel arch were largely rebuilt in 1880, and the rest of the church was restored from 1888-93, when the south chapel and the east wall of the north aisle were largely rebuilt. In 1901, the upper part of the clerestorey was rebuilt and re-roofed, the aisles repaired and re-roofed, and the south door reset. The north-west corner of the north aisle was partly rebuilt in 1906.The chancel is of ashlar except for the N wall, rebuilt in pebble and reddish ashlar above; the nave clerestorey is of ashlar and the aisles of stone and pebble rubble; the three lower storeys of the tower are of ashlar, and the 4th of stone rubble. The church contains a store of fragments in the nave, including 15th-16thc. window heads, two reliefs with snaking tendrils, a late-medieval base and a section of keeled shaft, but nothing of obviously Romanesque manufacture.
26. All Saints, Tilbrook, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
All Saints' has a five-bay nave with a wide N aisle; a chancel with a N chapel continuous with the nave aisle, and a N vestry; and a five-storey W tower with a spire. The building history is a complex one. The three W bays of the nave arcade date from c.1180. In the 13thc., nave and aisle were extended E by two bays, then in the 14thc. the chancel was extended E, the aisle widened, and the N vestry built. At the same time the S nave wall was rebuilt and the porch added. In the 15thc. a W tower was added, built partly inside the W bay of the nave. The chancel arch was rebuilt c.1500, and a clerestorey added to the nave. There was a restoration in the 19thc. involving the rebuilding of the S wall and nave clerestorey. The chancel is of ashlar, the nave and aisle of roughly-shaped blocks of stone decorated with rows of pebbles, and the five-storey tower of rough ashlar blocks. Apart from the N arcade, Tilbrook is notable for a 12thc. relief set in the S porch gable, and a loose window head and sections of an important cross-shaft, at present inside the S porch.
27. St Michael, Toseland, Huntingdonshire, England

Chapel
St Michael's has a rectangular nave with a W bellcote and a rectangular chancel with a N vestry. It is constructed of brown cobbles except for the N nave wall, which is brick. The church fell into disrepair and by the middle of the 19thc. it had lost its chancel and consisted simply of a nave with a hipped roof surmounted by a central bell-turret. The N wall of the nave appears to have been replaced in the 18thc. In 1873, the church was thoroughly rebuilt by Arthur Blomfield of London at a cost of £933, raised by subscription. The N wall and the part of the S wall, including the 12thc. doorway and window, were retained, and the remainder rebuilt on the old foundations using cobbles and Bath stone facings. The chancel, of course, was entirely rebuilt. The vestry was added in 1897. Despite having the general appearance of a neo-Norman building, much of the fabric of the nave is genuinely Romanesque. The chancel arch includes important early-12thc. capitals, while the later S doorway is very elaborate. A 12thc. S nave window survives, and the head of a similar window is reset in the N nave wall.
28. St Margaret, Upton, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Margaret's has an aisled, clerestoried nave of three bays, chancel and W tower. The chancel, nave arcades and south aisle are of 13thc. date, but the whole church underwent a complete reconstruction in the 14thc., involving a partial rebuilding of the chancel; a heightening of the aisles and the building of the clerestorey. In the 15thc., the chancel arch was rebuilt and a west tower and spire were built within the nave. At some period, both aisles were shortened at the west end. In 1870-1, Scott rebuilt and widened the N aisle, and a vestry was built on the north side of the chancel, both aisles were restored to their original length, the roofs were renewed, and a south porch was added. The west end of the south aisle was under-pinned and repaired in 1908. The tower, heavily buttressed at the W, has a broach spire with two tiers of lucarnes. The chancel is 13thc., but the chancel arch is Perpendicular. Construction is of coursed ashlar. 12thc. sculpture is represented by the font and the reset S doorway.
29. St Peter, Upwood, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Peter's has an early 12thc. nave and chancel with scars of windows visible in the N wall of the nave inside, and plain round-headed windows in the chancel. A N aisle was added c.1160-70, and in the 13thc. a S aisle and W tower were built, and the W arch of the N arcade rebuilt. The clerestorey dates from the 15thc., and at this time too the S arcade was rebuilt. The N aisle was rebuilt in 1884-85, and the W tower in 1890. Construction is of stone and pebble rubble throughout, with ashlar buttresses except for those of the chancel, which are of brick. The tower has a short lead-covered spire. Romanesque features recorded here are the early 12thc. chancel arch, the mid-12thc. N arcade and the plain font, of indeterminate age.
30. St Mary Magdalene, Warboys, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church (
St Mary Magdalene is an imposing church with a W tower and broach spire, an aisled four-bay nave with clerestoreys and a square-ended chancel. Construction is of pebble rubble except for the ashlar spire and the brick chancel. The chancel arch and a N arcade respond remain from a 12thc. church with a N aisle. The N aisle was rebuilt and a S aisle added in the course of the 13thc., and in the middle of this century the W tower with its spire was begun. The aisles were later extended W alongside the tower and porches added; the S aisle and porch in the late 14thc/, and the N in the 15thc.. At some time before the 19thc. the chancel was shortened, then in 1832 it was rebuilt to its original length. At the same time galleries were added in the aisles and at the W end of the nave; the floor being lowered to accommodate them. This work in the nave was reversed in 1926. The spire was restored in 1898. Romanesque sculpture described below is confined to the chancel arch. On the N chancel door is a 12thc. knocker in the form of a lion mask with a ring showing two fighting dragons.
31. St Remigius, Water Newton, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
St Remigius stands on the south bank of the River Nene. It consists of a chancel, a nave with N and S aisles and a south porch, and a west tower with a broach spire. The walls are of rubble with stone dressings. The chancel and nave were rebuilt, and presumably the aisles added, during the 13thc. The west tower was added early in the 14thc. In 1887, the north aisle and its arcade were rebuilt, and the whole church restored. The tower was restored in 1892. Nothing of the 12thc. fabric remains, but three of the bell-openings of the tower contain 12thc. material re-used, according to Pevsner, from Castor.
32. All Saints, Winwick, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
All Saints has an aisled four-bay nave with clerestoreys, a S transept, an aisleless chancel and a W tower supporting a broach spire with two tiers of lucarnes. The S arcade is 13thc. and the N c. 1325. The chancel also dates from the 13thc., but the chancel arch was rebuilt c.1350. The S transept and the tower date from the 15thc. In the 16thc. the clerestorey was added to the nave and the N aisle was rebuilt. There was a major restoration by Slater and Carpenter in 1864, when the south transept, the south aisle clerestorey, the porch and the upper part of the spire were rebuilt. The spire was struck by lightning in 1935 and subsequently restored. Construction is of coursed stone rubble. The S doorway is the only 12thc. feature.
33. St John the Baptist, Wistow, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
A tall, late-15thc. church with a two-bay aisled nave with a clerestorey and an aisleless chancel. The two-storey W tower has a small lancet in the lower storey, which may thus date from the 13thc., but the upper part is 16thc. The tower is of ashlar but otherwise construction is of brown cobble and flint with remains of mortar render on the clerestorey and aisles. None of the standing fabric dates to the 12thc., but there are remains of an earlier church in the form of carved stones built into the exterior and interior walls. A restoration of 1931-32 is commemorated by a plaque in the S aisle.
34. St John the Baptist, Woodhurst, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
The church has a four-bay nave with a S aisle of pebbles, a W bell turret of wood and a brick chancel. The S arcade and S doorway are 13thc., but the nave is late 12c, as indicated by the plain N doorway. The clerestorey is post-medieval, with plain square-headed windows. The chancel and S porch are modern.
35. Holy Cross, Yelling, Huntingdonshire, England

Parish church
Holy Cross has an aisled nave with Perpendicular clerestoreys, the S aisle wider than the N. The N arcade is of c.1180-90 and the S of c.1300. Although the arcades are of equal length, the N is of three bays and the S of four, narrower and curtailed at the W. There is a broad, aisleless chancel of the late 13thc. with a curious timber-framed N vestry, dating from 1868-69. The W tower dates from the late 14thc. and had a spire up to the 19thc. Construction is of brown cobbles. The only 12thc. feature is the N nave arcade.