Cambridgeshire - St Ives - No not that one
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The Waits and All Saints Church.All Saints is the parish church of St Ives in Cambridgeshire. The earliest recorded mention of the Parish Church of St Ives is in the Domesday Book, AD 1086, when it is stated that there was here a “priest and a church”. The original building would have been made of wood, By 1150 it was replaced by a stone structure before a complete rebuild began in 1470. The church is situated on the north bank of the Ouse. The chief item of interest in the church records is an old vestry book which contains the signature of Oliver Cromwell as one of the overseers of the parish.
It is thought there was a ford on the site ever since a settlement existed in the area.
In 1107AD a wooden Toll bridge was built as part of Ramsey Abbeys development of the settlement.
In 1414 work began on a stone replacement which was completed in 1425. A chapel was added in 1426 dedicated to St Leger.
Bridges with chapels were not uncommon in mediaeval times. Today St Ives bridge is only one of four remaining.
Following the dissolution of monasteries in 1539, the chapel became a private residence.
Two extra floors were added in 1736. During the mid 1800s the building was a pub called Little Hell, an establishment with a somewhat dubious reputation.
In 1930 due to concern over the safety of the chapel structure the extra two stories were removed and it was restored as a chapel. Until the building of the bypass in 1980, the bridge was the only access from the south over the Great Ouse and into St Ives for over a thousand years.
All Saints is the parish church of St Ives in Cambridgeshire. The earliest recorded mention of the Parish Church of St Ives is in the Domesday Book, AD 1086, when it is stated that there was here a “priest and a church”. The original building would have been made of wood, By 1150 it was replaced by a stone structure before a complete rebuild began in 1470. The church is situated on the north bank of the Ouse. The chief item of interest in the church records is an old vestry book which contains the signature of Oliver Cromwell as one of the overseers of the parish.
St Ives in Cambridgshire is a medieval market town on the banks of the Great River Ouse. It lies 5 miles east of Huntingdon and 12 miles North West of Cambridge. Historically it was part of Huntingdonshire.
St Ives in Cambridgshire is a medieval market town on the banks of the Great River Ouse. It lies 5 miles east of Huntingdon and 12 miles North West of Cambridge. Historically it was part of Huntingdonshire.
