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St Nicholas, Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire

Location
(52°11′44″N, 0°15′48″E)
Great Wilbraham
TL 548 577
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Cambridgeshire
now Cambridgeshire
medieval not confirmed
now Ely
  • Ron Baxter

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Feature Sets
Description

An aisleless cruciform church with a 12thc. window on the N side of the nave, but otherwise substantially of the 13thc. with pointed lancets. The crossing tower has been removed and a Perpendicular W tower built instead, as happened at Soham. The S transept once had an E chapel (blocked arch visible). Construction is of flint and pebble. 12thc. sculpture is found on the font.

History

In 1086 Great Wilbraham was a demesne vill of the king, with 2 hides of land and unusually income of 2 orae (40 silver pence) from a toll.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

Despite the chip carving, the font must belong to the later 12thc., and the chamfered shaft may be original.

Bibliography
G. R. Bossier, Notes on the Cambridgeshire Churches. 1827, 75.
C. H. Evelyn-White, County Churches: Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. London 1911, 194-95.
The Ecclesiastical and Architectural Topography of England: Cambridgeshire (Architectural Institute of Great Britain and Ireland), Oxford 1852, 172.
F. S. L. Johnson, A Catalogue of Romanesque Sculpture in Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. M.Phil (London, Courtauld Institute), 1984.
F. S. L. Johnson, A Catalogue of Romanesque Sculpture in Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely. M.Phil (London, Courtauld Institute), 1984, 255-60.
N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England. Cambridgeshire, Harmondsworth 1954 (2nd ed. 1970), 397.