LONGSTANTON ALL SAINTS
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013
"LONGSTANTON ALL SAINTS, a parish in the hundred of Northstow, county Cambridge, 6
miles north-west of Cambridge. The village is small. The bishops of Ely anciently
had a palace here, at which Queen Elizabeth was entertained in 1564, when
she visited the University of Cambridge. The living is a vicarage* in the
diocese of Ely, value £155, in the patronage of the bishop. The church,
dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient structure. The Wesleyans have a
place of worship. The parochial charities produce about £30 per annum.
[Transcribed and edited information from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868]
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- "All Saints church is a building of pebble stone in the pure Decorated style, consisting
of chancel, nave, aisles, south transept, south porch and an embattled western tower
with lofty spire, containing 8 bells; the chancel retains a double piscina, triple
graduated sedilia, an aumbry and an Early English niche, the remains of a former
church which was burnt down in 1349: there is also a piscina in the north aisle,
and a very fine octagonal font of the Decorated period, with traceried panels; the
tower and spire are Early Perpendicular: the south transept, the burial place of
the Hatton family, contains a large altar tomb of alabaster, with recumbent effigies
to Sir Thomas Hatton bart. (a former lord of the manor), ob. 23 Sept. 1658, and Mary
(Alington) his wife, besides other memorials to this family: the church, including
the spire, was restored in 1886-8, at a cost of about £960, of which £300 was contributed
by R. H Wood esq. F.S.A. of Rugby. and the chancel in 1891 by Mrs R. H. Wood, at
a cost of £300: Mr. Wood, during 1886-8, repaired and decorated the tomb of Sir Thomas
Hatton, at a cost of £120, and in 1908 he restored the south transept, or Hatton
chapel; three windows which had been blocked up were filled with glass containing
coats of arms of the Hatton family: the stained east window was erected in 1891 by
Mrs. Wood, at a cost of £250: an organ was presented by Edward H. Liveing esq.: from
1873 to 1912 a total sum of £2,530 was expended on the church: there are 220 sittings.
In the church yard is the base of a cross. The register dates from the year 1672."
[Kellys Directory - Cambridgeshire - 1929]
- Church of England
- Long Stanton All Saints:
Records of baptisms 1672-1974, marriages 1675-1991, burials 1673-1961 and banns
1754-1812, 1823-34, 1850-1991 reside in the Cambridgeshire Archives. Indexed transcripts
exist in the Cambridgeshire Archives for baptisms 1599-1651, 1661-1974, marriages
and burials 1599-1651, 1661-1961; the transcripts of the parish registers for the
years 1599-1974 are available, on microfiche, from the
Cambridgeshire Family History Society Bookstall. The Bishop's Transcripts for the years 1599-1651, 1661-1868 can be found in the Cambridge University Library.
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