St. Bartholomew, Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire
Description
The church of St. Bartholomew is an edifice of stone, in the Perpendicular style, erected about 1460, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, north and south porches and an embattled western tower, with spirelet, containing 6 bells and a clock with chimes, playing five different tunes; the pulpit is said to have been formerly in the University church of Great St. Mary, Cambridge; the screen which divided the chancel and nave is now placed in the organ chamber: the organ was built in 1888, by subscription, at a cost of £300: the church was thoroughly restored in 1874, at a cost of over £3,000, when the north porch was rebuilt and organ chamber added: the stained east window was erected by Mrs. Webb in memory of her husband, Theodore Vincent Webb esq. M.A., J.P.: the window in the south aisle is in memory of Mrs. Webb, and was erected in 1911: there is an alabaster tablet, erected at the expense of Fred Christmas esq. J.P. to the Rev. Barnabas Oley M.A., B.D. vicar here from 1633 to 1685: there are 350 sittings.
Church Records
The parish register dates from the year 1538.