St. Andrew's Church, Cranwell
Surrounded by its beautiful, historic and thousand year old churchyard, the ancient church of St. Andrew's in Cranwell is one of the oldest in Lincolnshire.
Cranwell was in existence when King Canute invaded through the Humber and became a ‘war prize’ granted to Ulf, one of King Canute's generals. Little remains of the early Saxon church, but the Norse Viking gravestones displayed in the church stem from that time and there are beautiful Norman arches.
Today, the churchyard is the final resting place for many who have served in the Royal Air Force. The churchyard contains 25 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 58 from the Second. There are also four Polish war graves. During the Second World War the RAF plot, in the eastern part of the churchyard, was used for service burials not only from Cranwell RAF station but from others also, including Finningley and Binbrook.
St. Andrew's Church, Cranwell
Surrounded by its beautiful, historic and thousand year old churchyard, the ancient church of St. Andrew's in Cranwell is one of the oldest in Lincolnshire.
Cranwell was in existence when King Canute invaded through the Humber and became a ‘war prize’ granted to Ulf, one of King Canute's generals. Little remains of the early Saxon church, but the Norse Viking gravestones displayed in the church stem from that time and there are beautiful Norman arches.
Today, the churchyard is the final resting place for many who have served in the Royal Air Force. The churchyard contains 25 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 58 from the Second. There are also four Polish war graves. During the Second World War the RAF plot, in the eastern part of the churchyard, was used for service burials not only from Cranwell RAF station but from others also, including Finningley and Binbrook.