The Church of St Mary and St Andrew Whittlesford
Cambridgeshire |
|
Hover over the image for an enlargement |
|
This image is available to buy in the following sizes
(Prices include international shipping) |
10x30 cm (4x12 in) £16
21x63 cm (8x25 in) £28
33x99 cm (13x39 in) £46
|
|
The church of SS Mary and Andrew is a structure
of flint of the 11th century, with additions of the 12th, 13th
and 14th centuries, and consists of chancel with chantry on the
south side, nave, south aisle, south porch of oak (1350) and an
embattled central tower containing 6 bells. A late 12th or early
13th-century sheela-na-gig can be observed on a high window arch
of the Church accompanied by an ithyphallic male figure. Roger
Ascham, the tutor of Elizabeth I, lived in Whittlesford, and a
road in the village is named after him. Whittlesford is not only
a village in Cambridgeshire, but is also an old hundred. More... |
|
