"worth cycling 40 miles in a head wind to see" - March Cambridgshire
Church of St Wendreda, March Cambridgeshire mainly mid 14c, c1400, late 15c & c1528. The dedication to 7c St Wendreda. daughter of King Anna of East Anglia is the only one in the UK. After her parents' and brother's death she relocated to March and ministered to the people of the Fens. Her relics were enshrined in gold in Ely Cathedral until in 1016 when they were carried off to battle in the hope they would bring victory to Edmund Ironside, son of King Ethelred. But at the Battle of Ashingdon King Canute captured them and he later presented them to Canterbury Cathedral. In 1343 her remains were returned to March and it is likely it became a place of pilgrimage. Her final resting place is unknown
1350-1400 Four stage tower, 14c Nave heightened with clerestory windows in late 15c when the south aisle was rebuilt , followed by the north aisle . 1582 South Porch
The wonderful double hammer beam roof www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/tt3nm8 with 120 winged angels, was placed over the nave late 15c- 1527 , which John Betjeman described as "worth cycling 40 miles in a head wind to see" made by the Rollsbury brothers of Bacton, near Stowmarket, Suffolk. They would have hired sub-contractors in the nearby viilages of Drinkstone and Ixworth to fashion the timbers and figures out of oak. Close examination of the angels reveals no trace of paint or gilding, so it seems that we see them today as they were intended to be seen.
It was possibly funded partly by William Dredeman 1501 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Hh99n4 and Anthony Hansart & wife Katherine Southwell 1507 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/699r5k plus money from pilgrims to the shrine of St Wendreda
Restored in 1874 when the chancel as rebuilt by W. Smith. In 14c style
"worth cycling 40 miles in a head wind to see" - March Cambridgshire
Church of St Wendreda, March Cambridgeshire mainly mid 14c, c1400, late 15c & c1528. The dedication to 7c St Wendreda. daughter of King Anna of East Anglia is the only one in the UK. After her parents' and brother's death she relocated to March and ministered to the people of the Fens. Her relics were enshrined in gold in Ely Cathedral until in 1016 when they were carried off to battle in the hope they would bring victory to Edmund Ironside, son of King Ethelred. But at the Battle of Ashingdon King Canute captured them and he later presented them to Canterbury Cathedral. In 1343 her remains were returned to March and it is likely it became a place of pilgrimage. Her final resting place is unknown
1350-1400 Four stage tower, 14c Nave heightened with clerestory windows in late 15c when the south aisle was rebuilt , followed by the north aisle . 1582 South Porch
The wonderful double hammer beam roof www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/tt3nm8 with 120 winged angels, was placed over the nave late 15c- 1527 , which John Betjeman described as "worth cycling 40 miles in a head wind to see" made by the Rollsbury brothers of Bacton, near Stowmarket, Suffolk. They would have hired sub-contractors in the nearby viilages of Drinkstone and Ixworth to fashion the timbers and figures out of oak. Close examination of the angels reveals no trace of paint or gilding, so it seems that we see them today as they were intended to be seen.
It was possibly funded partly by William Dredeman 1501 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Hh99n4 and Anthony Hansart & wife Katherine Southwell 1507 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/699r5k plus money from pilgrims to the shrine of St Wendreda
Restored in 1874 when the chancel as rebuilt by W. Smith. In 14c style