Church of St John the Baptist, Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire

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Main Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 4LF
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Church open daily with regular community events. For enquiries about this church, please contact kmoore@thecct.org.uk.
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A Fenland church filled with faces

This medieval Fenland church is filled with light and numerous carved faces peering out of the stonework. The north aisle has a thirteenth-century doorway and fourteenth-century windows. The noble nave arcades and the west tower, with its superb stone-panelled arch and vaulted ceiling, are from the fifteenth century.

Tradition has it that the chancel was destroyed by a flood in 1613 and the south aisle was largely rebuilt in about 1800. There is also a Perpendicular period octagonal font and a pulpit from 1677. The churchyard has some intricately detailed gravestones and an obelisk to John Peck, the parish constable (who died in 1851).

Parsons Drove Guide

To donate by text, please text 'PDR' to 70970 to donate £5 and to 70191 to donate £10. Thank you.

  • The Snow Queen By Hans Christian Andersen in Parson Drove

    15 November 2024 - 15 November 2024

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