Barnack, Cambridgeshire
The Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist
Barnack is a village and civil parish, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, several miles south-east of the market town of Stamford. Historically part of the Soke of Peterborough, which was associated with Northamptonshire but had its own County Council from 1888 until 1965.
Barnack is famous for its limestone quarries where Oolitic Lincolnshire limestone, including some called "Barnack rag", was a valuable building stone first used by the Romans and through the middles ages until around 1460. Many local building are built from Barnack stone including a large amount of the local town of Stamford, Peterborough and Ely Cathedrals, the abbeys at Crowland, Ramsey, Sawtry and Bury St Edmunds and some of the colleges at Cambridge.
Barnack is also famous for its parish church dedicated to St John the baptist, the church has a 11th-century Anglo-Saxon tower, topped by one of the earliest stone spires in England, dating to around the 12th Century.
Barnack, Cambridgeshire
The Parish Church of Saint John the Baptist
Barnack is a village and civil parish, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, several miles south-east of the market town of Stamford. Historically part of the Soke of Peterborough, which was associated with Northamptonshire but had its own County Council from 1888 until 1965.
Barnack is famous for its limestone quarries where Oolitic Lincolnshire limestone, including some called "Barnack rag", was a valuable building stone first used by the Romans and through the middles ages until around 1460. Many local building are built from Barnack stone including a large amount of the local town of Stamford, Peterborough and Ely Cathedrals, the abbeys at Crowland, Ramsey, Sawtry and Bury St Edmunds and some of the colleges at Cambridge.
Barnack is also famous for its parish church dedicated to St John the baptist, the church has a 11th-century Anglo-Saxon tower, topped by one of the earliest stone spires in England, dating to around the 12th Century.