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St Peter, Wilburton, Cambridgeshire

Location
(52°21′11″N, 0°10′17″E)
Wilburton
TL 480 750
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Cambridgeshire
now Cambridgeshire
medieval St Peter
now St Peter
  • Ron Baxter
  • Ron Baxter
05 August 2003

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Feature Sets
Description

St Peter's has a big, aisleless 15thc. nave with Perpendicular windows under wall arches, a 15thc. chancel with a similar internal elevation and a N vestry, a 13thc. W tower with a 15thc. tower arch and a two-storey 15thc. S porch. The chancel arch is 13thc. The church was restored in 1851, and N transept and attached organ chamber were added in 1868. Construction is of rubble with some render on the tower, which is fitted with a lead spike. The only features recorded here are two stones in the S porch, one loose, the other mortared in place. Both are treated as loose stones below.

History

Five hides in Wilburton were given by Ethelwold and Brithnoth to Ely Abbey before the Conquest. In 1086 the Abbot of Ely the manor was assessed at 5 hides. In 1109 Wilburton. like its neighbours, was alloted to the new Bishop of Ely. It remained with the bishop's successors until the Reformation.

Features

Loose Sculpture

Comments/Opinions

The VCH dates the scallop capital to the 13thc., Pevsner simply ascribed the sones to 'a previous church'. The scallop capital is 12thc and the moulded one 13thc.

Bibliography

S. Bradley and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Cambridgeshire, New Haven and London 2014, 682-83.

Historic England Listed Building, English Heritage Legacy ID: 49518

N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England. Cambridgeshire, Harmondsworth 1954 (2nd ed. 1970), 485-86.

Victoria County History: Cambridgeshire. IV (1953), 168-172.