People with particular responsibility here
The Revd Nigel di Castiglione (Team Rector)
The Revd Geoff Dodgson (Associate Priest)
Liz Richards (Churchwarden)
Dorothy Richards (Churchwarden)
To send a secure message to the Treasurer click here
The church is open is open for private prayer on Sunday 9am - 5pm
and Thursday 9am-5pm.
Our usual pattern of worship is 1st and 3rd Sundays at 3pm either Evening Prayer or Holy Communion - for more info see below or
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What's on
For all the latest service information please read the weekly bulletin - Information for Churches by clicking here
During the winter months (November to March) there are two services at 3.00pm on the first and third Sunday of the month
There are other online Sunday services and weekday Morning Prayer and Compline. Full details and joining instructions on the homepage
Where to find us
High Street, Knapwell, Cambs CB23 4NW
Churchyard information
Safeguarding
Parish Safeguarding Officer - Revd Geoff Dodgson - to send a secure message click here
The Revd Nigel di Castiglione (Team Rector)
The Revd Geoff Dodgson (Associate Priest)
Liz Richards (Churchwarden)
Dorothy Richards (Churchwarden)
To send a secure message to the Treasurer click here
The church is open is open for private prayer on Sunday 9am - 5pm
and Thursday 9am-5pm.
Our usual pattern of worship is 1st and 3rd Sundays at 3pm either Evening Prayer or Holy Communion - for more info see below or
sign up for the Newsletter, it is readily available by signing up here
What's on
For all the latest service information please read the weekly bulletin - Information for Churches by clicking here
During the winter months (November to March) there are two services at 3.00pm on the first and third Sunday of the month
There are other online Sunday services and weekday Morning Prayer and Compline. Full details and joining instructions on the homepage
Where to find us
High Street, Knapwell, Cambs CB23 4NW
Churchyard information
Safeguarding
Parish Safeguarding Officer - Revd Geoff Dodgson - to send a secure message click here
History of the building
Ramsey Abbey records indicate a twelfth century church at Knapwell, but none of the existing building pre-dates the fourteenth century. The tower, though much restored, dates from this period. The main body of the church, suffering centuries of neglect was ruinous by the eighteenth century. After the chancel collapsed in 1753, a smaller one was built. In 1785 parts of the nave also fell. With an unusable church, services were held in a village barn for the next eighty years. David Craig became Rector in 1857 but became too ill to minister a few weeks later. Eventually, Henry Brown, appointed curate in 1861, used to walk from Cambridge and back every Sunday for morning and evening services. This remarkable man also collected £700 from villagers and his friends, and a £65 grant from the Incorporated Society for Building Churches, all towards restoration. A successful local architect, W.N. Fawcett, drew up the designs, and the new church was completed in 1866. The tower of field stones and clunch is still drained by its original gargoyles. The church’s unusual structure is low enough not to require buttresses. The main body of All Saints is typical of Victorian ecclesiastical architecture especially in the use of black and red brickwork. The high point of Fawcett’s compact and well-proportioned design is in the chancel’s elegant ‘Ship’s keel’ beamed ceiling and curved apse. Unfortunately the church once again fell into disrepair. Recently, quite a lot of work has been carried out at All Saints. A complete record of Rectors since 1349, shows the Revd W.V. Awdry, creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, was Knapwell’s Rector from 1946 to 1955. Text by Peter Eveleigh (2000)
Ramsey Abbey records indicate a twelfth century church at Knapwell, but none of the existing building pre-dates the fourteenth century. The tower, though much restored, dates from this period. The main body of the church, suffering centuries of neglect was ruinous by the eighteenth century. After the chancel collapsed in 1753, a smaller one was built. In 1785 parts of the nave also fell. With an unusable church, services were held in a village barn for the next eighty years. David Craig became Rector in 1857 but became too ill to minister a few weeks later. Eventually, Henry Brown, appointed curate in 1861, used to walk from Cambridge and back every Sunday for morning and evening services. This remarkable man also collected £700 from villagers and his friends, and a £65 grant from the Incorporated Society for Building Churches, all towards restoration. A successful local architect, W.N. Fawcett, drew up the designs, and the new church was completed in 1866. The tower of field stones and clunch is still drained by its original gargoyles. The church’s unusual structure is low enough not to require buttresses. The main body of All Saints is typical of Victorian ecclesiastical architecture especially in the use of black and red brickwork. The high point of Fawcett’s compact and well-proportioned design is in the chancel’s elegant ‘Ship’s keel’ beamed ceiling and curved apse. Unfortunately the church once again fell into disrepair. Recently, quite a lot of work has been carried out at All Saints. A complete record of Rectors since 1349, shows the Revd W.V. Awdry, creator of Thomas the Tank Engine, was Knapwell’s Rector from 1946 to 1955. Text by Peter Eveleigh (2000)
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