St. Margaret of Antioch, Abbotsley, Huntingdonshire

Description

The church of St. Margaret of Antioch is an ancient building of clunch and rubble, in the Early English style of the 14th century, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, north porch and an embattled western tower with four statues of kings in place of pinnacles at the angles, and containing a clock and 5 bells: the church was partially restored in 1854, when the nave was new roofed and open seats substituted for the old pews: in 1861 a new chancel and north porch were erected and other Improvements carried out, under the superintendence of Mr. W. Butterfield, architect: the tower was restored in 1884 by Mr. J. P. St. Aubyn, architect, when the two figures on the north side which had fallen were replaced by others of a similar character, and a new weathercock fixed, at the total cost of £400: there are 261 sittings.

Church Records

The registers of baptisms and burials date from the year 1725, and marriages from 1754.