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All Saints' Church

All Saints Church tower, photographed Feb 2007

For a map showing this and other local churches, visit Find-a-Church at http://www.findachurch.co.uk/area/tl/tl46.html.

Administration

The church belongs to the following administrative areas [3]:

Timeline

C13: Earliest evidence of construction [1],[2]
C14: Chancel extended, west tower rebuilt, spire added [1]
Late C14: Nave arcades and aisles added [1]
Mid C15: Clerestory and south porch added [1]
c.1450: Nave roof built [1]
1763: Dedicated to All Saints [3]
1787: Lady Chapel demolished [1]
1878: Restoration by Revd. Walker [1]
1904/5: Organ built and installed [2]
1983: Roofs restored [1]
2006/7: North porch built [1]
2007 Nick Moir (Rector since 1998) announced his departure from the parish.

For details of the church's history, see Historical Landbeach.

Sources: [1] Parish magazine March 2007; [2] Lynn, MHistorical Landbeach; [3] Jones, GR Transnational Database and Atlas of Saints' Cults, University of Leicester (Ely dataset)

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