St. Augustine's Church, Lynn Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
St. Augustine's Church, Lynn Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
St. Augustine's is an ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1869 from the civil parishes of St. Peter's, Wisbech,
and Leverington. The church, erected in, 1868-9, and opened in May, 1869, at a cost of about � 4,000, is a
structure of brick with stone dressings, in the Early English style, consisting of clerestoried nave, aisles
and be llcot containing one bell: the reredos, erected in 1878, is of stone these panels being filled in with
glass mosaic, displaying a central cross with the figures of three angels on either side, bearing on shields
the instruments of the Passion; the stained east window, placed 7 Dec. 1883, is a memorial, and there are four
other stained windows; the church affords 400 sittings. The register dates from the year 1870. The living is a
vicarage, net yearly value � 240, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Ely, and held since 1896 by the
Rev. Charles Hannibal Crossley M.A. of St. John' s College, Cambridge.
From: Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire 1900.
Many PALMER Baptisms, Marriages and Funerals have taken place at St. Augustine's over the years plus my Grandfather
sang in the choir and my mother attended the Sunday School there.
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