People with particular responsibility here
Revd Nigel di Castiglione (Team Rector)
Revd Nigel Pearson (Associate Priest)
Sheena McRae (Churchwarden)
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Opening times for individual prayer
Everyday during daylight hours
What's on
For all the latest service information please read the weekly bulletin - Information for Churches by clicking here
Where to find us
School Lane, Longstowe, Cambs CB23 2UU
Churchyard information
Safeguarding
Parish Safeguarding Officer - Revd Geoff Dodgson - to send a secure message click here
History of the building
Built between 1863 and 1864 of brick faced with flint stone, this church stands on the site of an earlier building. It consists of chancel, nave, north chapel, south porch and a low embattled western tower with one bell. The tolling bell is said to be one of the oldest in the county, dating back to the 14th century. St Mary’s also has a peal of six tubular bells presented in 1898 to which two others were added in 1903. The frame was renovated in 2013 and they are fully operational. The original church was burnt down in 1719, but monuments to the Cage family were saved, and are now in the chancel. Various Victorian and turn of the century stained glass windows are memorials to local families. The small north side chapel was built by Captain Sidney Stanley. An oak lych gate was erected in 1896 in memory of the Revd James Rushton M.A., rector 1852-1895. A rood screen built in 1920 commemorates men of the parish who died in The Great War 1914-1918. The register dates from 1569.
Text by Peter Eveleigh (2000), with additions made in 2015.
Built between 1863 and 1864 of brick faced with flint stone, this church stands on the site of an earlier building. It consists of chancel, nave, north chapel, south porch and a low embattled western tower with one bell. The tolling bell is said to be one of the oldest in the county, dating back to the 14th century. St Mary’s also has a peal of six tubular bells presented in 1898 to which two others were added in 1903. The frame was renovated in 2013 and they are fully operational. The original church was burnt down in 1719, but monuments to the Cage family were saved, and are now in the chancel. Various Victorian and turn of the century stained glass windows are memorials to local families. The small north side chapel was built by Captain Sidney Stanley. An oak lych gate was erected in 1896 in memory of the Revd James Rushton M.A., rector 1852-1895. A rood screen built in 1920 commemorates men of the parish who died in The Great War 1914-1918. The register dates from 1569.
Text by Peter Eveleigh (2000), with additions made in 2015.
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