Parish Church of St Peter

About

St Peter's is an Anglican church in the village of Duxford, Cambridgeshire. From the early 12th century until the mid-19th century it was one of two active parish churches in the village (the other being St John's about 500m away), but their merger in 1874 saw St Peter's chosen as the sole parish church for the village. To that end, the incumbent is known as the Rector of St Peter's with St John's, Duxford.

It has been Grade I listed since 1967. St Peter's is located in the south of the village's conservation area, just west of the River Cam. It has been dedicated to St Peter since at least 1275.

It consists of a chancel, north and south aisles, a clerestoried nave, and a west tower. The tower and part of the chancel remain from the earliest times but the nave was rebuilt in the 14th or 15th century. In 1728 the tower had the existing tall spire removed and replaced with the present shorter one commonly seen in churches of this region.

By the time the parishes were merged, the building was in a poor state, and was extensively restored by Ewan Christian between 1884-91. There are east and west stained glass windows by F.C. Eden (1932) and three south-facing windows by James Powell &...