Diocese of Ely Dioecesis Eliensis | |
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Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | Canterbury |
Archdeaconries | Cambridge, Huntingdon and Wisbech |
Statistics | |
Parishes | 309 |
Churches | 339 |
Information | |
Cathedral | Ely Cathedral |
Language | English |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Bishop of Ely (vacant; acting: the Bishop of Huntingdon) |
Suffragan | Dagmar Winter, Bishop of Huntingdon |
Archdeacons | Alex Hughes, Archdeacon of Cambridge [2] Richard Harlow, Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech |
Website | |
ely.anglican.org |
The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Ely, who sits at Ely Cathedral in Ely. There is one suffragan (subordinate) bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon. The diocese now covers the modern ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire (excluding the Soke of Peterborough) and western Norfolk. The diocese was created in 1109 out of part of the Diocese of Lincoln.
The diocese is ancient, and the area of Ely was part of the patrimony of Saint Etheldreda. A religious house was founded in the city in 673. After her death in 679 she was buried outside the church, and her remains were later reburied inside, the foundress being commemorated as a great Anglian saint.
The diocese has had its boundaries altered various times. From an original diocese covering the historic county of Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire were added in 1837 from the Diocese of Lincoln, as was the Sudbury archdeaconry in Suffolk from the Diocese of Norwich. In 1914 Bedfordshire became part of the Diocese of St Albans, and western Suffolk became part of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, whilst Ely took a western part of the Diocese of Norwich. Peterborough remains the seat of the Diocese of Peterborough. [3]
Today the diocese covers an area of 1,507 square miles (3,900 km2). It has a population of 705,000 and comprises 209 benefices, 303 parishes and 335 churches with 145 stipendiary parochial clergy.
The diocesan Bishop of Ely (vacant) is assisted by a Bishop suffragan of Huntingdon (Dagmar Winter).
There are also four retired bishops living in the diocese who are licensed as honorary assistant bishops:
Alternative episcopal oversight (for parishes in the diocese which reject the ministry of women priests and bishops) is provided by the provincial episcopal visitor, Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough, who is licensed as an honorary assistant bishop of the diocese to facilitate his work there.
The Bishop of Peterborough has also been commissioned as assistant bishop in the diocese so that he can exercise pastoral care in several old Huntingdonshire parishes now within the Peterborough unitary authority: including Stanground, Orton, Woodston, Yaxley and Fletton. [9] [10] [11] [12]
The archdeaconry of Wisbech was active from 1915 to 2005. The following changes to deaneries have taken place:
In 1851 the diocese had the following rural deaneries: [13]
Diocese | Archdeaconries | Rural Deaneries | Paid clergy | Churches | Population | People/clergy | People/church | Churches/clergy |
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Diocese of Ely | Archdeaconry of Cambridge | Deanery of Bourn | 7 | 27 | 27,913 | 3,988 | 1,034 | 3.86 |
Deanery of Cambridge North | 19 | 16 | 69,975 | 3,683 | 4,373 | 0.84 | ||
Deanery of Cambridge South | 24 | 16 | 62,428 | 2,601 | 3,902 | 0.67 | ||
Deanery of Fordham and Quy | 7 | 27 | 29,433 | 4,205 | 1,090 | 3.86 | ||
Deanery of Granta | 10 | 25 | 33,096 | 3,310 | 1,324 | 2.5 | ||
Deanery of North Stowe | 10 | 16 | 47,138 | 4,714 | 2,946 | 1.6 | ||
Deanery of Shingay | 6 | 19 | 21,269 | 3,545 | 1,119 | 3.17 | ||
Archdeaconry of Huntingdon & Wisbech | Deanery of Ely | 11* | 19* | 58,230 | 5,294 | 3,065 | 1.73 | |
Deanery of Fincham and Feltwell | 5 | 33 | 36,708 | 7,342 | 1,112 | 6.6 | ||
Deanery of Huntingdon | 13 | 40 | 57,830 | 4,448 | 1,446 | 3.08 | ||
Deanery of March | 4 | 15 | 58,032 | 14,508 | 3,869 | 3.75 | ||
Deanery of St Ives | 6 | 15 | 44,362 | 7,394 | 2,957 | 2.5 | ||
Deanery of St Neots | 8 | 17 | 37,630 | 4,704 | 2,214 | 2.13 | ||
Deanery of Wisbech Lynn Marshland | 8 | 24 | 65,902 | 8,238 | 2,746 | 3 | ||
Deanery of Yaxley | 13 | 20 | 77,384 | 5,953 | 3,869 | 1.54 | ||
Total/average | 151 | 329 | 727,330 | 4,817 | 2,211 | 2.18 |
*including Cathedral and St Peter's Ely
Benefice | Church | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
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Cathedra [15] | Cathedral of the Holy & Undivided Trinity, Ely | Ancient (Medieval) | N/A |
Ely (St Peter) Proprietary Chapel [16] | St Peter-in-Ely | 1890 | N/A |
Benefice | Church | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
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Cambourne [17] | Cambourne Church (LEP) | 1990s | 8,227 |
The Lordsbridge Team [18] | St Peter, Barton | Medieval | 12,333 |
St Michael & All Angels, Caldecote | Medieval | ||
St Mary, Comberton | Medieval | ||
St Peter, Coton | Medieval | ||
SS Peter & Paul, Dry Drayton | Medieval | ||
St Mary, Great Eversden | Medieval | ||
St Mary, Hardwick | Medieval | ||
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Harlton | Medieval | ||
All Saints, Haslingfield | Medieval | ||
St Helen, Little Eversden | Medieval | ||
St Andrew, Toft | Medieval | ||
Papworth [19] | SS Helena & Mary, Bourn | Medieval | 7,353 |
St Peter, Boxworth | Medieval | ||
St Andrew, Caxton | Medieval | ||
St Mary, Conington | Medieval | ||
St James, Croxton | Medieval | ||
Holy Trinity, Elsworth | Medieval | ||
SS Pandionia & John the Baptist, Eltisley | Medieval | ||
St Botolph, Graveley | Medieval | ||
All Saints & St Andrew, Kingston | Medieval | ||
All Saints, Knapwell | Medieval | ||
All Saints, Lolworth | Medieval | ||
St Mary the Virgin, Longstowe | Medieval | ||
St Peter, Papworth Everard | Medieval | ||
St Michael, Toseland | Medieval | ||
Holy Cross, Yelling | Medieval |
Church | Founded (building) | Closed |
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St Mary on the White Hill, Haslingfield | Medieval | C16th [20] |
St Mary, Childerley | Medieval | C16th [21] |
St John the Baptist, Papworth St Agnes | Medieval | 1976 |
Benefice | Church | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
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Fen Ditton [22] | St Mary the Virgin, Fen Ditton | Medieval | 5,144 |
Horningsea [23] | St Peter, Horningsea | Medieval | |
Teversham [24] | All Saints, Teversham | Medieval | |
Cambridge (Holy Cross) [25] | Christ the Redeemer, Fen Ditton | pre-1953 (???) | 4,447 |
Cambridge (Holy Sepulchre) (St Andrew the Great) [26] | St Andrew the Great, Cambridge | Medieval (1843) | 2,101 |
Cambridge (St Andrew the Less) (Christ Church) [27] | Christ Church, Cambridge | 1837-39 | 4,489 |
Cambridge (St Mary the Great) with St Michael [28] | St Mary the Great, Cambridge | Medieval | 659 |
Cambridge (St Matthew) [29] | St Matthew, Cambridge | 1866 | 4,195 |
Cambridge Ascension [30] | St Augustine of Canterbury, Cambridge | 1898 | 15,091 |
St Giles, Cambridge | Medieval | ||
St Luke the Evangelist, Cambridge (CoE/URC) | 1863 (1874) | ||
Chesterton (St Andrew) [31] | St Andrew, Chesterton | Medieval | 9,589 |
Cambridge (St Clement) [32] | St Clement, Cambridge | Medieval | 1,097 |
Chesterton (St George) [33] | St George, Chesterton | 1938 | 8,701 |
Chesterton (Good Shepherd) [34] | The Good Shepherd, Cambridge | 1958 | 14,462 |
St John, Orchard Park | 2013 |
Church | Founded (building) | Out of use |
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Michaelhouse, Cambridge | Medieval | c. 1908 |
St Peter (by the Castle), Cambridge | Medieval | |
All Saints (in the Jewry), Cambridge | Medieval (resited 1863) | 1973 |
Holy Sepulchre (The Round Church) | Medieval | c. 1994 |
Leper Chapel of St Mary Magdalene, Stourbridge | Medieval | |
St Andrew the Less, Cambridge | Medieval | |
All Saints by the Castle | Medieval | 1365 [35] |
St John (the Baptist) Zachary | Medieval | c. 1488 [35] |
St John's Mission Chapel, Wellington St. | 1874 | c. 1940 [36] |
Benefice | Churches | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
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Cambridge (Holy Trinity) [37] | Holy Trinity, Cambridge | Medieval | 1,694 |
Cambridge (St Barnabas) [38] | St Barnabas, Cambridge | 1869 | 3,451 |
Cambridge (St Benedict) [39] | St Bene't, Cambridge | Medieval | 828 |
Cambridge (St Botolph) [40] | St Botolph, Cambridge | Medieval | 2,610 |
Cambridge (St Edward King and Martyr) Proprietary Chapel [41] | St Edward King and Martyr, Cambridge | Medieval | 1,551 |
Cambridge (St James) [42] | St James, Cambridge | 1955 | 6,204 |
Cambridge (St Martin) (St Thomas) [43] | St Martin, Cambridge | 1932 (1961) | 6,471 |
St Thomas, Cambridge | 1980 | ||
Cambridge (St Mary the Less) [44] | St Mary the Less, Cambridge 1 | Medieval | 1,018 |
Cambridge (St Paul) [45] | St Paul, Cambridge | 1841 | 3,825 |
Cambridge (St Philip) (St Stephen) [46] | St Philip, Cambridge | 1889-91 | 8,906 |
Cherry Hinton (St Andrew) [47] | St Andrew, Cherry Hinton | Medieval | 9,836 |
Cherry Hinton (St John the Evangelist) [48] | St John the Evangelist, Cambridge | 1891-96 | 7,881 |
Cambridge (St Mark) [49] | St Mark, Newnham | 1870 (1901) | 3,785 |
Grantchester [50] | SS Andrew & Mary, Grantchester | Medieval | |
Trumpington [51] | SS Mary & Michael, Trumpington | Medieval | 4,368 |
1rededicated and rebuilt 1352; previously St Peter's-outside-Trumpington-Gates
Church | Founded (building) | Out of use |
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St Anne's Chapel, Cambridge | c. 1350 | 1546 [52] |
St Stephen, Cambridge | pre-1948 (1962) | 2010 |
Benefice | Churches | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
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Littleport [53] | St George, Littleport | Medieval | 8,776 |
Coveney [54] | St Peter-ad-Vincula, Coveney | Medieval | 428 |
Ely [55] | St Mary, Ely | Medieval | 25,650 |
Christ Church North Ely | 2016 | ||
St Leonard, (Little) Downham | Medieval | ||
St James, Stretham | Medieval (1876) | ||
St Michael & All Angels, Chettisham | Medieval | ||
St George, (Little) Thetford | Medieval | ||
Holy Cross, Stuntney | Medieval (1876) | ||
Haddenham [56] | Holy Trinity, Haddenham | Medieval | 7,150 |
Wilburton [57] | St Peter, Wilburton | Medieval | |
Witchford with Wentworth [58] | St Peter, Wentworth | Medieval | |
St Andrew, Witchford | Medieval | ||
Soham [59] | St Andrew, Soham | Medieval | 10,858 |
Sutton [60] | St Andrew, Sutton-in-the-Isle | Medieval | 5,368 |
Witcham with Mepal [61] | St Mary, Mepal | Medieval | |
St Martin, Witcham | Medieval |
Church | Founded (building) | Out of use |
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St Etheldreda, Queen Adelaide | 1883 | 1968 |
Holy Trinity, Pymoor | 1865 | 1981 [62] |
St Peter, Prickwillow | 1866 | 2008 |
St John the Evangelist, Little Ouse | 1866 | 1976 [63] |
St Matthew, Littleport [64] | 1878 | |
St Owen's, Third Drove, Downham Fen | 1895 | C20th [65] |
St Nicholas, Barway | Medieval | 1972 [66] |
Benefice | Churches | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
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The West Norfolk Priory Group [67] | St Martin, Fincham | Medieval | 11,759 |
Holy Trinity, Marham | Medieval | ||
All Saints, Shouldham | |||
St Mary the Virgin, Shouldham Thorpe | |||
St James, Runcton Holme | Medieval | ||
St Michael & All Angels & Holy Cross, Wormegay | |||
St Botolph, Tottenhill | |||
SS Peter & Paul, Watlington | Medieval | ||
St Mary the Virgin, Wimbotsham | |||
Holy Trinity, Nordelph1 | 1865 | ||
Holy Trinity, Stow Bardolph | |||
St Peter's Mission Church, Stow Bridge | |||
Denver and Ryston with Roxham and Bexwell and Crimplesham [68] | St Mary the Virgin, Bexwell | 2,217 | |
St Mary, Denver | |||
St Michael, Ryston | |||
St Mary, Crimplesham | |||
Downham Market and Stradsett [69] | St Edmund, Downham Market | 8,375 | |
St Mary, Stradsett | |||
Hilgay [70] | All Saints, Hilgay | 1,361 | |
St Mark, Ten Mile Bank | |||
Grimshoe [71] | St Mary, Feltwell | 8,029 | |
St James, Hockwold | |||
St Andrew, Northwold | |||
St Mary the Virgin, Weeting | |||
St Mary, Southery | |||
The Wissey Valley Benefice [72] | Christ Church, Whittington | 4,967 | |
All Saints, Wretton | |||
St Andrew, Barton Bendish | |||
St Mary the Virgin, Beachamwell | |||
All Saints, Boughton | |||
St Margaret of Antioch, Wereham | |||
St Andrew, West Dereham | |||
St George, Methwold |
1services held in village hall
Church | Founded (building) | Out of use |
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St Andrew, South Runcton | Medieval (1839) [73] | 2010s [74] |
Benefice | Churches | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
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The Anglesey Group [75] | Holy Trinity, Bottisham | Medieval | 5,356 |
St James, Lode | 1853 | ||
St Mary, Stow (cum Quy) | Medieval | ||
St Mary, Swaffham Bulbeck | Medieval | ||
St Mary, Swaffham Prior | Medieval | ||
Ashley with Silverley [76] | St Mary, Ashley | Medieval (1845) | 2,929 |
Cheveley [77] | St Mary & the Holy Host, Cheveley | Medieval | |
Kirtling [78] | All Saints, Kirtling | Medieval | |
Wood Ditton with Saxon Street [79] | St Mary (prev. All Saints), Woodditton | Medieval | |
The Raddesley Group of Parishes [80] | St Mary, Brinkley | Medieval | 2,545 |
St Augustine of Canterbury, Burrough Green | Medieval | ||
St Peter, Carlton | Medieval | ||
St Mary, Dullingham | Medieval | ||
St Peter, Stetchworth | Medieval | ||
St Mary the Less, Westley Waterless | Medieval | ||
The Three Rivers Group [81] | St Margaret, Chippenham | Medieval | 6,396 |
SS Peter & Mary Magdalene, Fordham | Medieval | ||
St Andrew, Isleham | Medieval | ||
St Nicholas, Kennett | Medieval | ||
St Peter, Snailwell | Medieval | ||
Fulbourn [82] | St Vigor, Fulbourn | Medieval | 4,696 |
Great Wilbraham [83] | St Nicholas, Great Wilbraham | Medieval | |
Little Wilbraham [84] | St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham | Medieval | |
St George, Six Mile Bottom | 1890s (1933) | ||
Wicken [85] | St Laurence, Wicken | Medieval | 841 |
Burwell with Reach [86] | St Mary, Burwell | Medieval | 6,670 |
St Etheldreda & Holy Trinity, Reach1 | Medieval (1861) |
1original chapel on site dedicated to St John
Church | Founded (building) | Closed |
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St Andrew, Burwell | Medieval | c. 1600 [87] |
All Saints, Fulbourn | Medieval | 1766 [88] |
St Cyriac and St Julitta, Swaffham Prior | Medieval (1809) | 1903 |
All Saints, Silverley | Medieval | C16th |
St Nicholas, (Stow cum) Quy | Ancient parish church | late Middle Ages [89] |
All Saints, Willingham near Carlton | Medieval | C16th [90] |
St Etheldreda's Chapel, Reach | Medieval | C16th [91] |
St John's Hospital Chapel, Ashley with Silverley | Medieval | 1845, dem. 19561 |
Holy Trinity, Saxon Street | 1877 | c. 1986 [92] |
1used as parish church from C16th until 1845
All Saints' church, Newmarket, was in this portion of the diocese until it was transferred to Suffolk in 1889. [93] It was a chapelry to Woodditton until the 19th century. [94] The chapelry of St Nicholas, Landwade, was also in this portion of the diocese until it was transferred to Suffolk. [95]
Benefice [96] | Churches | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
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The Granta Vale Group [97] | St Mary the Virgin, Great Abington | Medieval | 4,553 |
St Mary, Little Abington | Medieval | ||
Holy Trinity, Hildersham | Medieval | ||
Holy Trinity, Balsham | Medieval | ||
St Mary, West Wickham | Medieval | ||
St Andrew, West Wratting | Medieval | ||
St Mary, Weston Colville | Medieval | ||
Sawston [98] | St Mary the Virgin, Sawston | Medieval | 7,432 |
Babraham [99] | St Peter, Babraham | Medieval | |
Duxford [100] | St Peter, Duxford | Medieval | 3,008 |
Hinxton [101] | SS Mary & John the Evangelist, Hinxton | Medieval | |
Ickleton [102] | St Mary Magdalene, Ickleton | Medieval | |
Pampisford [103] | St John the Baptist, Pampisford | Medieval | 2,043 |
Whittlesford [104] | SS Mary & Andrew, Whittlesford | Medieval | |
Harston with Hauxton and Newton [105] | All Saints, Harston | Medieval | 9,015 |
St Edmund, Hauxton | Medieval | ||
St Margaret of Antioch, Newton | Medieval | ||
Great Shelford [106] | St Mary the Virgin, Great Shelford | Medieval | |
Stapleford [107] | St Andrew, Stapleford | Medieval | |
Little Shelford [108] | All Saints, Little Shelford | Medieval | 834 |
Linton [109] | St Mary, Linton | Medieval | 6,211 |
St Mary, Bartlow | Medieval | ||
All Saints, Castle Camps | Medieval | ||
All Saints, Horseheath | Medieval | ||
St Mary, Shudy Camps | Medieval |
Church | Location | Founded (building) | Closed |
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St John the Baptist, Duxford | Duxford | Medieval | 1874 |
Benefice | Churches | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
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Fen Drayton with Fenstanton [110] | St Mary, Fen Drayton | Medieval | 4,200 |
SS Peter & Paul, Fenstanton | Medieval | ||
Godmanchester and Hilton [111] | St Mary, Godmanchester | Medieval | 7,755 |
St Mary Magdalene, Hilton | Medieval | ||
Hartford and Houghton with Wyton [112] | All Saints, Hartford | Medieval | 7,828 |
St Mary, Houghton (with Wyton) | Medieval | ||
Hemingford Abbots [113] | St Margaret of Antioch, Hemingford Abbots | Medieval | 3,205 |
Hemingford Grey [114] | St James, Hemingford Grey | Medieval | |
Huntingdon [115] | All Saints, Huntingdon | Medieval | 19,109 |
St Mary, Huntingdon | Medieval | ||
Christ Church Huntingdon | 2018 | ||
St Barnabas, Huntingdon | 1969 [116] | ||
East Leightonstone [117] | St Mary Magdalene, Brampton | Medieval | 6,076 |
All Saints, Ellington | Medieval | ||
All Saints, Grafham | Medieval | ||
North Leightonstone [118] | SS Peter & Paul, Alconbury | Medieval | 5,346 |
All Saints, Buckworth | Medieval | ||
St Michael, Great Gidding | Medieval | ||
St John the Evangelist, Little Gidding | Medieval (1714) | ||
All Saints, Hamerton | Medieval | ||
St Margaret, Upton | Medieval | ||
All Saints, Winwick [historically in Northants] | Medieval | ||
St Bartholomew, Great Stukeley | Medieval | ||
St Martin, Little Stukeley | Medieval | ||
St Andrew, Abbots Ripton | Medieval | ||
St Peter, Kings Ripton | Medieval | ||
South Leightonstone [119] | St Giles, Barham | Medieval | 2,852 |
All Saints, Covington | Medieval | ||
St Peter, Easton | Medieval | ||
St Andrew, Kimbolton | Medieval | ||
St James, Spaldwick | Medieval | ||
St Botolph, Stow Longa | Medieval | ||
All Saints, Tilbrook [historically in Beds] | Medieval | ||
West Leightonstone [120] | All Saints, Brington | Medieval | 1,459 |
St Leonard, Great Catworth | Medieval | ||
St Lawrence, Bythorn | Medieval | ||
St John the Baptist, Keyston | Medieval | ||
St Mary, Leighton Bromswold | Medieval | ||
St Peter, Molesworth | Medieval | ||
St Swithun, Old Weston | Medieval |
Church | Civil parish | Founded (building) | Closed |
---|---|---|---|
St Andrew, Woodwalton | Wood Walton | Medieval | pre-1979 |
St Andrew, Steeple Gidding | Steeple Gidding | Medieval | |
St Mary, Woolley | Barham & Woolley | Medieval | 1960 [121] |
All Saints, Wyton | Houghton & Wyton | Medieval | 1980s [122] |
All Saints, Coppingford | Upton and Coppingford | Medieval | C17th [123] |
Holy Trinity, Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Medieval [124] | C14th |
St Andrew, Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Medieval [124] | C16th |
St Benedict, Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Medieval [124] | 1668 |
St Botolph, Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Medieval [124] | ? |
St Clement, Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Medieval [124] | C14th |
St Edmund, Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Medieval [124] | 1312 |
St George, Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Medieval [124] | C17th |
St Germain, Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Medieval [124] | C17th |
St John the Baptist, Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Medieval [124] | 1667 [125] |
St Lawrence, Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Medieval [124] | C13th |
St Martin, Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Medieval [124] | 1343 |
St Michael, Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Medieval [124] | C16th |
St Nicholas, Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Medieval [124] | ? |
St Peter, Huntingdon | Huntingdon | Medieval [124] | C16th |
St Nicholas' Church, Swineshead, was historically in this portion of the Diocese of Ely, but moved to the Diocese of St Albans when it was transferred from Huntingdonshire to Bedfordshire. [126] St James the Great, Thurning, was historically in this are, but moved to the Diocese of Peterborough when the parish was transferred wholly to Northamptonshire (the parish church was always in Northamptonshire). [127]
Benefice | Churches | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
---|---|---|---|
Chatteris [128] | SS Peter & Paul, Chatteris | Medieval | 10,442 |
Six Fen Churches [129] | Christ Church, Christchurch | 1864 | 9,012 |
St Nicholas, Manea | Medieval (1875) | ||
St Mary, Welney [in Norfolk] | C17th (1848) | ||
St Mary, Doddington | Medieval | ||
St Peter, Wimblington | 1874 | ||
Benwick Church | Med. (1850) (2012)1 | ||
March [130] | St John the Evangelist, March | 1872 | 22,301 |
St Mary the Virgin, Westry | 1873-74 | ||
St Peter, March | 1880 | ||
St Wendreda, March | Medieval | ||
Whittlesey, Pondersbridge and Coates [131] | St Mary, Whittlesey | Medieval | 16,277 |
St Andrew, Whittlesey | Medieval | ||
St Thomas, Pondersbridge | pre-1869 (1869) | ||
Holy Trinity, Coates | 1839 |
1medieval chapel of St James demolished. Church of St Mary built 1854, demolished 1985. Church room built 2012.
Church | Founded (building) | Closed |
---|---|---|
Eastrea Chapel | Medieval | c. C17th [132] |
Eldernell Chapel | Medieval | c. C17th [132] |
Chapel of St Mary Magdalene, West Fen, March | 1891 | C20th [133] |
St Stephen's Chapel, Angle Bridge | 1877 | C20th [134] |
St Eanswyth, Welches Dam | 1909 | C20th [135] |
St Peter's Mission, Slade End, Chatteris | 1906 | c. 1980 [136] |
Benefice | Churches | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
---|---|---|---|
Bar Hill (LEP) [137] | Bar Hill Church (LEP) | 1967 (1991) | 4,032 |
Cottenham with Rampton [138] | All Saints, Cottenham | Medieval | 6,532 |
All Saints, Rampton | Medieval | ||
Girton [139] | St Andrew, Girton | Medieval | 4,733 |
Madingley [140] | St Mary Magdalene, Madingley | Medieval | |
Histon [141] | St Andrew, Histon | Medieval | 8,080 |
Impington [142] | St Andrew, Impington | Medieval | |
Milton [143] | All Saints, Milton | Medieval | 10,234 |
Landbeach [144] | All Saints, Landbeach | Medieval | |
Waterbeach [145] | St John the Evangelist, Waterbeach | Medieval | |
5Folds [146] | All Saints, Longstanton | Medieval | 11,997 |
St Mary, Over | Medieval | ||
St Andrew, Swavesey | Medieval | ||
St Mary & All Saints, Willingham | Medieval | ||
Pathfinder Church, Northstowe | 2021 | ||
Oakington [147] | St Andrew, Oakington | Medieval | 1,530 |
Church | Founded (building) | Closed |
---|---|---|
St Etheldreda, Histon | Medieval | 1599 [148] |
St Michael, Longstanton | Medieval | 1973 |
St James' Chapel, Howes, Girton | Medieval | 1558 [149] |
Benefice | Churches | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
---|---|---|---|
Bluntisham Cum Earith with Colne and Holywell Cum Needingworth [150] | St Mary, Bluntisham cum Earith | Medieval | 6,936 |
St Helen, Colne | Medieval (1900) | ||
St John the Baptist, Holywell | Medieval | ||
The Ramseys and Upwood [151] | St Thomas a Becket, Ramsey | Medieval | 9,809 |
St Mary, Ramsey St Mary | 1858 | ||
St Peter, Upwood | Medieval | ||
Somersham with Pidley and Oldhurst and Woodhurst [152] | St John the Baptist, Somersham | Medieval | 4,911 |
All Saints, Pidley cum Fenton | Medieval (1865) | ||
St Peter, Old Hurst | Medieval | ||
St John the Baptist, Woodhurst | Medieval | ||
St Ives [153] | All Saints, St Ives | Medieval | 16,249 |
Warboys with Broughton and Bury with Wistow [154] | St Mary Magdalene, Warboys | Medieval | 6,457 |
All Saints, Broughton | Medieval | ||
Holy Cross, Bury | Medieval | ||
St John the Baptist, Wistow | Medieval |
Church | Location | Founded (building) | Closed |
---|---|---|---|
St James, Little Raveley | Upwood & The Raveleys | Medieval | |
St James' Chapel, Earith | Earith | Medieval | 1571 [155] |
St Mary's Chapel, Earith Bridge | Earith | Medieval | 1571 [155] |
Benefice | Churches | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
---|---|---|---|
Buckden with the Offords [156] | St Mary, Buckden | Medieval | 4,150 |
All Saints, Offord Cluny | Medieval | ||
Gamlingay and Everton [157] | St Mary the Virgin, Gamlingay | Medieval | 4,346 |
St Mary, Everton [inBedfordshire] | Medieval | ||
Great Gransden and Abbotsley and Lt Gransden and Waresley [158] | St Bartholomew, Great Gransden | Medieval | 1,995 |
SS Peter & Paul, Little Gransden | Medieval | ||
St Margaret, Abbotsley | Medieval | ||
St James, Waresley | Medieval | ||
The Paxtons with Diddington and Southoe [159] | Holy Trinity, Great Paxton | Medieval | 4,922 |
St James, Little Paxton | Medieval | ||
St Laurence, Diddington | Medieval | ||
St Leonard, Southoe | Medieval | ||
St Neots Team Ministry [160] | St Mary, St Neots | Medieval | 18,470 |
St Mary, Eynesbury | Medieval | ||
The Staughtons with Hail Weston [161] | St Andrew, Great Staughton | Medieval | 3,747 |
St Nicholas, Hail Weston | Medieval | ||
All Saints, Little Staughton [inBedfordshire] | Medieval |
Church | Location | Founded (building) | Closed |
---|---|---|---|
St Denis, East Hatley | East Hatley | Medieval | 1974 |
St George, Hatley St George | Hatley St George | Medieval | c. 2010 |
St Peter, Offord D'Arcy | The Offords | Medieval | 1978 |
Benefice | Churches | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
---|---|---|---|
Bassingbourn [162] | SS Peter & Paul, Bassingbourn | Medieval | 4,013 |
Whaddon [163] | St Mary, Whaddon | Medieval | |
Fowlmere, Foxton, Shepreth and Thriplow [164] | St Mary, Fowlmere | Medieval | 4,340 |
St Laurence, Foxton | Medieval | ||
All Saints, Shepreth | Medieval | ||
St George, Thriplow | Medieval | ||
Melbourn [165] | All Saints, Melbourn | Medieval | 6,505 |
Meldreth [166] | Holy Trinity, Meldreth | Medieval | |
The Orwell Group [167] | St Nicholas, Arrington | Medieval | 2,990 |
All Saints, Barrington | Medieval | ||
All Saints, Croydon | Medieval | ||
St Andrew, Orwell | Medieval | ||
St Andrew, Wimpole | Medieval | ||
The Shingay Group of Parishes [168] | St Michael & All Angels, Abingdon Pigotts | Medieval | 3,421 |
St Mary, Guilden Morden | Medieval | ||
St Catherine, Litlington | Medieval | ||
SS Peter & Paul, Steeple Morden | Medieval | ||
St Giles, Tadlow | Medieval | ||
All Saints, Wendy | Med. (1867) (1980s) |
Church | Founded (building) | Closed |
---|---|---|
St Mary's, Clopton | Medieval | C17th |
St Mary's, Shingay | Medieval (1697) | C18th |
St Swithun's Chapel, Abington Pigotts | Medieval | C16th [169] |
St Mary Magdalene, Kneesworth | Medieval | 1549 [170] |
St James' Chapel, Redreth, nr. G. Morden | Medieval | C16th [171] |
Benefice | Churches | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
---|---|---|---|
Clenchwarton (St Margaret) and West Lynn [172] | St Margaret, Clenchwarton | 3,645 | |
St Peter, West Lynn | |||
East Marshland [173] | St John the Baptist, Terrington St John | 5,210 | |
All Saints, Tilney All Saints | |||
St Lawrence, Tilney St Lawrence | |||
St Mary the Virgin, Wiggenhall St Germans | |||
St Mary Magdalene, Wiggenhall St Mary | |||
The Fen Orchards [174] | All Saints, Elm | Medieval | 8,307 |
St Edmund, Emneth [in Norfolk] | Medieval | ||
St Mark, Friday Bridge | 1860 | ||
Leverington, Newton and Tydd St Giles [175] | St Leonard, Leverington | Medieval | 5,009 |
St James, Newton in the Isle | Medieval | ||
St Giles, Tydd St Giles | Medieval | ||
Outwell [176] | St Clement, Outwell | 4,791 | |
Upwell [177] | St Peter, Upwell | ||
Terrington St Clement [178] | St Clement, Terrington St Clement | 4,221 | |
Walpole St Peter with Walpole St Andrew [179] | St Peter, Walpole St Peter | 4,792 | |
West Walton [180] | St Mary, West Walton | ||
Walsoken [181] | All Saints, Walsoken | 8,309 | |
Wisbech (St Augustine) [182] | St Augustine, Wisbech | 1868 | 15,354 |
Wisbech (St Peter and St Paul) [183] | SS Peter & Paul, Wisbech | Medieval | |
Wisbech St Mary & Guyhirn w Ring's End & Gorefield & Southea w Murrow & Parson Drove [184] | St Mary, Wisbech St Mary | Medieval | 6,264 |
St Paul, Gorefield | 1870 | ||
Emmanuel, Southea | 1872-73 |
Church | Location | Founded (building) | Closed |
---|---|---|---|
St Mary in the Marsh, Newton | Newton-in-the-Isle | Medieval | C16th [185] |
St Etheldreda, Coldham | Coldham | 1876 | pre-2008 [186] |
St Mary Magdalene, Guyhirn | Guyhirn | 1878 | pre-2012 [187] |
Octagon Chapel, Wisbech | Wisbech | 1831 | 1946 [188] |
Guyhirn Chapel | Guyhirn | Medieval (1660) | 1960 |
St John the Baptist, Parson Drove | Parson Drove | Medieval | 1974 |
Corpus Christi, Murrow | Murrow | Medieval (1857) | c. 2005 [189] |
St Peter, Wiggenhall St Peter | Wiggenhall St Germans | Medieval | Early C20th [190] |
St Mary the Virgin, Wiggenhall | Wiggenhall St Germans | Medieval | 1981 [191] |
St Mary, Islington | Tilney St Lawrence | Medieval | ? |
St Andrew, Walpole | Walpole | Medieval | ? |
Benefice | Churches | Founded (building) | Population served [14] |
---|---|---|---|
Fletton [192] | St Margaret, Fletton | Medieval | 12,886 |
Woodston [193] | St Augustine of Canterbury, Woodston | Medieval (1844) | |
Hampton [194] | Christ the Servant King, Hampton | 2014? | 11,084 |
The Ortons [195] | Holy Trinity, Orton Longueville | Medieval | 17,859 |
St Mary, Orton Waterville | Medieval | ||
Orton Goldhay Conventional District [196] | Christ Church in Orton Goldhay (LEP) | c. 2000 | |
Alwalton and Chesterton [197] | St Andrew, Alwalton | Medieval | 3,649 |
St Michael, Chesterton | Medieval | ||
Sawtry, Glatton and Holme with Conington [198] | All Saints, Sawtry | Medieval (1880) | 6,407 |
St Nicholas, Glatton | Medieval | ||
St Giles, Holme | Medieval (1862) | ||
Stanground and Farcet [199] | St John the Baptist, Stanground | Medieval | 12,265 |
St Michael & All Angels, Stanground | C20th | ||
St Mary, Farcet | Medieval | ||
Stilton w Denton & Caldecote & Folkesworth w Morborne & Haddon [200] | St Mary Magdalene, Stilton | Medieval | 4,058 |
St Helen, Folkesworth | Medieval | ||
St Mary, Haddon | Medieval | ||
All Saints, Morborne | Medieval | ||
Elton [201] | All Saints, Elton | Medieval | |
Yaxley [202] | St Peter, Yaxley | Medieval | 9,176 |
Church | Location | Founded (building) | Closed |
---|---|---|---|
All Saints, Botolph Bridge | Orton Longueville | Medieval | 1695 [203] |
All Saints, Conington | Conington | Medieval | |
All Saints, Denton | Denton & Caldecote | Medieval | 1960s |
St Mary Magdalene, Caldecote | Denton & Caldecote | Medieval | 1970s [204] |
Washingley Parish Church | Folksworth & Washingley | Medieval | C15th [205] |
St Andrew, Sawtry | Sawtry | Medieval | 1879 |
St Mary's, Sawtry Judith | Sawtry | Medieval | C16th [206] |
Publication | From | To |
---|---|---|
Ely Diocesan Remembrancer [207] | May 1885 | December 1915 |
Ely Diocesan Gazette [208] | January 1916 | November 1989 |
Ely Ensign [209] | December 1989 | January 2007 |
eLife Diocesan Newsletter | January 2009 | Present |
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