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All Saints Parish Church, St Ives
Heritage Open Day: This is an early 15th century church built over the original Saxon church in the village of Slepe (the former name of St Ives). It has
the unique, annual custom of Bible Dicing dating from 1679. It also has an interesting WW1-era history. All Saints Church, St Ives, is a Grade 1 listed parish church with traces of an earlier building and a Norman Romanesque font. The church has a Kempe stained glass window. It is featured in Simon Jenkins 'England's Thousand Best Churches' as having a 'Theatrical Comper interior' and a 'steeple, high, elegant and with a gracefully tapering spire'.
On an evening in March 1918 a De Havilland DH6 took off from Hemingford Meadow and crashed into the spire.
the unique, annual custom of Bible Dicing dating from 1679. It also has an interesting WW1-era history. All Saints Church, St Ives, is a Grade 1 listed parish church with traces of an earlier building and a Norman Romanesque font. The church has a Kempe stained glass window. It is featured in Simon Jenkins 'England's Thousand Best Churches' as having a 'Theatrical Comper interior' and a 'steeple, high, elegant and with a gracefully tapering spire'.
On an evening in March 1918 a De Havilland DH6 took off from Hemingford Meadow and crashed into the spire.
Sat 14 Sep:1000-1600; Free Entry.
All Saints Parish Church, Church Street, St Ives, Cambridgeshire PE27 6DG
Sat 14 September