List of churches in East Cambridgeshire

The following is a list of churches in East Cambridgeshire.

Active churches

There are churches in every civil parish.

The district has an estimated 71 churches for 87,800 inhabitants, a rato of one church to every 1,237 people.

Name	Civil parish	Dedication	Web	Founded	Denomination	Benefice	Notes
St Mary, Brinkley	Brinkley	Mary		Medieval	Church of England	Raddesley Group	Benefice includes one church in South Cambridgeshire
St George Mission Church, Six Mile Bottom	Brinkley (Six Mile Bottom)	George		1890s	Church of England	Fulbourn & the Wilbrahams	Building 1933. Benefice includes 3 churches in S Cambs.
St Augustine of Canterbury, Burrough Green	Burrough Green	Augustine of Canterbury		Medieval	Church of England	Raddesley Group
St Mary the Less, Westley Waterless	Westley Waterless	Mary		Medieval	Church of England	Raddesley Group
St Mary, Dullingham	Dullingham	Mary		Medieval	Church of England	Raddesley Group
St Peter, Stetchworth	Stetchworth	Peter		Medieval	Church of England	Raddesley Group
Stetchworth United Reformed Church	Stetchworth		[1]		URC		Current building 1963
All Saints, Kirtling	Kirtling	All Saints	[2]	Medieval	Church of England	Cheveley Group
Our Lady & St Philip, Kirtling	Kirtling	Mary & Philip	[3]		Roman Catholic	Newmarket & Kirtling Parish
St Mary, Woodditton	Woodditton	Mary	[2]	Medieval	Church of England	Cheveley Group
Saxon Street Methodist Church	Woodditton (Saxon Street)		[4]	pre-1885	Methodist	Ely & Newmarket Circuit	Current building 1885
St Mary, Cheveley	Cheveley	Mary	[2]	Medieval	Church of England	Cheveley Group
Cheveley United Reformed Church	Cheveley				URC
St Mary, Ashley with Silverley	Ashley	Mary	[2]	Medieval	Church of England	Cheveley Group	Hospitaller chapel used from 1550. Rebuilt 1845
Holy Trinity, Bottisham	Bottisham	Trinity	[5]	Medieval	Church of England	Anglesey Group	Benefice includes one church in South Cambridgeshire.
RENEW Church	Bottisham		[6]		Baptist Union		Met in Lode Chapel; now use Bottisham Primary School
St Mary, Swaffham Bulbeck	Swaffham Bulbeck	Mary	[5]	Medieval	Church of England	Anglesey Group
St James, Lode with Longmeadow	Lode	James	[5]	1853	Church of England	Anglesey Group
St Mary, Swaffham Prior	Swaffham Prior	Mary	[5]	Medieval	Church of England	Anglesey Group
St Etheldreda & Holy Trinity, Reach	Reach	Æthelthryth & Trinity	[7]	1861	Church of England	Burwell & Reach	Older medieval church was ruined C18th for 100 years
St Mary, Burwell	Burwell	Mary	[7]	Medieval	Church of England	Burwell & Reach
Burwell Baptist Church	Burwell		[8]		Baptist Union
Trinity Church Burwell	Burwell	Trinity	[9]		Methodist / URC	Ely & Newmarket Circuit
St Laurence, Wicken	Wicken	Laurence of Rome	[10]	Medieval	Church of England	Soham & Wicken
Wicken Methodist Church	Wicken		[4]		Methodist	Ely & Newmarket Circuit
St Andrew, Soham	Soham	Andrew	[10]	Medieval	Church of England	Soham & Wicken
Soham Baptist Church	Soham		[11]	1752	FIEC		Current building 1832. Joined FIEC 1984
Soham Methodist Church	Soham		[4]	pre-1869	Methodist	Ely & Newmarket Circuit	Current building 1869
Soham Salvation Army	Soham		[12]		Salvation Army
SS Peter & Mary Magdalene, Fordham	Fordham	Peter, Mary Magdalene	[13]	Medieval	Church of England	Three Rivers Group
St Andrew, Isleham	Isleham	Andrew	[14]	Medieval	Church of England	Three Rivers Group
Pound Lane Free Church	Isleham		[15]		FIEC
High Street Church, Isleham	Isleham		[16]	1812			Began as High St Baptist Church. New building 2008
St Margaret, Chippenham	Chippenham	Margaret the Virgin	[13]	Medieval	Church of England	Three Rivers Group
St Nicholas, Kennett	Kennett	Nicholas	[13]	Medieval	Church of England	Three Rivers Group
St Peter, Snailwell	Snailwell	Peter	[13]	Medieval	Church of England	Three Rivers Group
St James, Stretham	Stretham	James	[17]	Medieval	CoE / Methodist	Ely Team	Reconstructed 1876
St George, Little Thetford	Thetford	George		Medieval	Church of England	Ely Team	Formerly chapel of ease to Stretham
Little Thetford Baptist Church	Thetford		[18]	1867	Baptist Union
Cathedral of the Holy & Undivided Trinity, Ely	Ely	Trinity	[19]	Medieval	Church of England	Ely Cathedral & St Peter's	Cath. since 1109. Ded. to SS Etheldreda, Peter till C16th
St Mary, Ely	Ely	Mary	[20]	Medieval	Church of England	Ely Team
St Peter-in-Ely	Ely	Peter	[21]	1890	Church of England
St Etheldreda, Ely	Ely	Æthelthryth	[22]	1890-1892	Roman Catholic		Current building 1903, consecrated 1987
Ely Methodist Church	Ely		[4]		Methodist	Ely & Newmarket Circuit
Countess Free Church Ely	Ely		[23]	C18th	CHC
New Connexions Free Church Ely	Ely		[24]	2007	CHC		Meets in Ely St Mary's School, High Barns
Ely Gospel Hall	Ely		[25]		Gospel Hall
Lighthouse Ely	Ely		[26]		?
Ely City Church	Ely		[27]		?		Was Olive Tree Fellowship until 2016
Holy Cross, Stuntney	Ely (Stuntney)	Cross		Medieval	Church of England	Ely Team	Rebuilt 1876. Formerly chapel of ease to Ely Holy Trinity
Prickwillow Baptist Church	Ely (Prickwillow)		[28]	1875	Baptist Union
St Michael & All Angels, Chettisham	Ely (Chettisham)	Michael & Angels		Medieval	Church of England	Ely Team	Chapel of ease to Ely St Mary until 1876
St Leonard, Little Downham	Downham	Leonard of Noblac	[29]	Medieval	CoE / Methodist	Ely Team
Pymoor Methodist Church	Downham (Pymoor)		[4]		Methodist	Ely & Newmarket Circuit
St Peter, Wilburton	Wilburton	Peter		Medieval	Church of England
Wilburton Community Baptist Church	Wilburton		[30]		Baptist Union
Holy Trinity, Haddenham	Haddenham	Trinity		Medieval	Church of England
Haddenham Baptist Church	Haddenham		[31]		Baptist Union
Haddenham Methodist Church	Haddenham		[4]		Methodist	Ely & Newmarket Circuit
St Andrew, Witchford	Witchford	Andrew		Medieval	Church of England	Witchford & Wentworth
Witchford Baptist Church	Witchford		[32]		Baptist Union
St Peter, Wentworth	Wentworth	Peter		Medieval	Church of England	Witchford & Wentworth
St Andrew, Sutton-in-the-Isle	Sutton	Andrew		Medieval	Church of England
St Martin, Witcham	Witcham	Martin of Tours		Medieval	Church of England	Witcham & Mepal
St Mary, Mepal	Mepal	Mary		Medieval	Church of England	Witcham & Mepal
St Peter-ad-Vincula, Coveney	Coveney	Peter		Medieval	Church of England
Coveney Methodist Church	Coveney		[4]		Methodist	Ely & Newmarket Circuit
St George, Littleport	Littleport	George	[33]	Medieval	Church of England
St John's Methodist Church, Littleport	Littleport	John the Evangelist	[4]	1835	Methodist	Ely & Newmarket Circuit
Littleport Salvation Army	Littleport		[34]		Salvation Army
The Vine Community Church, Littleport	Littleport		[35]	1987	?		Planted from High Street Church, Isleham

Defunct churches

Name	Civil parish	Dedication	Founded	Redundant	Denomination	Notes
St Cyriac and St Julitta, Swaffham Prior	Swaffham Prior	Quiricus and Julietta	Medieval	1903	Church of England	Rebuilt 1806-1809. Churches Conservation Trust
St Peter, Prickwillow	Ely (Prickwillow)	Peter	1866-1868	2008	Church of England
St Matthew, Littleport	Littleport	Matthew	1870s		Church of England	Now a house [36]
All Saints, Silverley	Ashley	All Saints	Medieval	C16th	Church of England

Map of medieval parish churches

Cambridgeshire

Chatteris

Doddington

Elm

Leverington

March

Newton-in-the-Isle

Tydd St Giles

Whittlesey St Mary

Whittlesey St Andrew

Wisbech

Wisbech St Mary

Wittering

Barnack

Bainton

Helpston

Thornhaugh

Wansford

Castor

Marholm

Maxey

Etton

Northborough

Glinton

Peakirk

Thorney

Paston

Longthorpe

Peterborough

Wdstn

Fletton

Stanground

Orton Longueville

O. W.

Ufford

Cherry Hinton

Chesterton

Cambridge (13 chs.)

Trumpington

St Andrew the Less

Abington Pigotts

Arrington

Babraham

Balsham

Barrington

Bartlow

Barton

Bassingbourn

Bourn

Boxworth

Caldecote

Carlton

Castle Camps

Caxton

Comberton

Conington

Coton

Cottenham

Croxton

Croydon

Dry Drayton

Duxford St Peter

St John

Elsworth

Eltisley

Fen Ditton

Fen Drayton

Fowlmere

Foxton

Fulbourn (All Saints; St Vigor's)

Gamlingay

Girton

Grantchester

Graveley

Gt Abington

Gt Chishill

Lt Chishill

Gt Eversden

Gt Shelford

Gt Wilb'ham

Guilden Morden

Hardwick

Harlton

Harston

Haslingfield

Hauxton

Heydon

Hildersham

Hinxton

Histon

Horningsea

Horseheath

Ickleton

Impington

Kingston

Knapwell

Landbeach

Linton

Litlington

Lt Abington

Lt Eversden

Lt Gransden

Lt Shelford

Lt Wilb.

Lolworth

Longstanton All Saints

Longstowe

Madingley

Melbourn

Meldreth

Milton

Newton

Oakington

Orwell

Over

Pampisford

Papworth Everard

Rampton

Sawston

Shepreth

Wendy

Shudy Camps

Stapleford

Steeple Morden

Stow cum Quy

Swavesey

Tadlow

Teversham

Thriplow

Toft

Waterbeach

W Wickham

W Wratting

Weston Colville

Whaddon

Whittlesford

Willingham

Wimpole

Hatley St George

E Hatley

St Michael

Papworth St Agnes

Brinkley

Burrough Green

Westley Waterless

Dullingham

Stetchworth

Kirtling

Woodditton

Cheveley

Ashley

Silverley

Bottisham

Swaffham Bulbeck

Swaffham Prior

Reach

Burwell

Wicken

Soham

Fordham

Isleham

Chippenham

Kennett

Snailwell

Stretham

Ely Cathedral

St Mary

Lt Downham

Wilburton

Haddenham

Witchford

Wentworth

Sutton-in-the-Isle

Witcham

Mepal

Coveney

Littleport

SS Cyriac & Julitta

Bot. Bridge

Gt Gransden

Waresley

Abbotsley

St Neots

Eynesbury

Eaton Socon

Yelling

Toseland

Lt Paxton

Gt Paxton

Southoe

Diddington

Hail Weston

Great Staughton

Kimbolton

Tilbrook

Covington

Stow Longa

Spaldwick

Easton

Barham

Buckden

Offord Cluny

Grafham

Ellington

Brampton

Huntingdon (14 chs.)

St Mary

Htf

Gt Stukeley

Lt Stukeley

Abbots Ripton

Kings Ripton

Godmanchester

Hilton

Houghton

H Abb

Hemingford Grey

St Ives

Fenstanton

Holywell

Bluntisham

Colne

Catworth

Keyston

Bythorn

Molesworth

Brington

Old Weston

Leighton Bromswold

Buckworth

Alconbury

Childerley

Upton

Hamerton

Lt Gidding

Winwick

Gt Gidding

Somersham

Pidley-cum-Fenton

Woodhurst

Oldhurst

Broughton

Warboys

Wistow

Bury

Upwood

Ramsey

Sawtry

Glatton

Holme

Yaxley

Farcet

Stilton

Folksworth

Morborne

Haddon

Elton

Chesterton

Alwalton

Wtr Newton

Stib'ton

Woodwalton

Conington

Off D'Arcy

Steeple Gidding

Woolley

Wyton

Lt Raveley

Washingley

Denton

Caldecote

Sibson

Coppingford

St Andrew

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Medieval parish churches in Cambridgeshire

Central Cambridge

Holy Trinity

St Andrew

St Bene't

St Botolph

St Clement

St Edward

St Giles

St Mary

St Mary the Less

St Michael

St Peter

Holy Sepulchre

All Saints

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Medieval parish churches in Cambridge Central

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