Beliefs, People, Religion, Yaxley People
Frederick John Moule was Vicar of St Peters from 1868 to 1891. He was the third son of Henry Moule [1801 – 1880] the vicar of Fordington and his wife Mary Mullett Evans. He was the first of their children to be born in Fordington on the 10th May 1830. He was...
Beliefs, Buildings &Structures, Places & Objects, Religion
The church of St. Peter consists of a chancel (40 ft. by 16 ft.), north chapel (40 ft. by 15 ft.), south chapel (39½ ft. by 15½ ft.), nave (62 ft. by 19 ft.), north transept (23½ ft. by 16 ft.), south transept (23½ ft. by 16 ft.), north aisle (59½ ft. by 17 ft.),...
Beliefs, Buildings &Structures, Legends & Folklore, Places & Objects, Religion
An unverifiable local legend recounts the tale of Cromwell’s soldiers visiting St. Peters and baptizing a foal in the church’s 12th century font. Also, there are musket shot marks along the base of the west side of the church’s outer wall which have...
Beliefs, Buildings &Structures, Memorials, Places & Objects, Religion
A memorial on the wall of St Peter’s Church, Yaxley. It reads: SACRED to the Memory of Henry Andrews a reputable Tradesman in this Town He livd respected, and died regretted February 24th 1800 Aged 53 Years
Artefacts & Objects, Beliefs, Places & Objects, Religion, Waterways, Whittlesea Mere
In the yard at Engine Farm, located on Engine Drain in the Holme Fen are three stone blocks. These quarried stone blocks were taken from the bed of the Whittlesea Mere after drainage in 1851 and are believed to have been lost from a vessel crossing the Mere en route...
Artefacts & Objects, Beliefs, Legends & Folklore, Places & Objects, Religion
In the year of 1842, during the progress of certain repairs and alterations in St Peter’s Church, the sculptured stone beneath the north window of this transept was taken out by the Vicar, the Rev. C. Lee, in hope of some some light being thrown on the meaning...
Beliefs, Buildings &Structures, Places & Objects, Religion
The Primitive Methodist Chapel on Main Street was built in 1850. Primitive Methodism was a major movement in English Methodism from about 1810 until the Methodist Union in 1932. Preaching commenced in 1852 until 1932. The building was later sold to the Stretton family...
Beliefs, Buildings &Structures, Places & Objects, Religion
The Wesleyan Chapel was built in Chapel Street in 1844. Supplemental information: Minutes of meetings {These are held at The Methodist Chapel,Main Street, Yaxley) date from 1900. Although their are no mention of meetings during the 1st World War there are interesting...
Beliefs, Buildings &Structures, Places & Objects, Religion
The Free Methodist Chapel was built in 1860 and enlarged in 1898. A new Porch was added in 2006. Supplemental information: Because the Disability Discrimination Act stated that public places must have access for people with disabilities we agreed in 2003 that we would...
Beliefs, Buildings &Structures, Places & Objects, Religion
The chapel, now known as St B’s Hall was opened as a privately-owned Community Hall in 2008, after two centuries of use as a church, and has evidence of its previous use everywhere. It was originally built as a Meeting House for “Protestant Dissenters of the...
Beliefs, Buildings &Structures, Places & Objects, Religion
The Vicarage, built in 1875, was sold in 1995 and is now a private dwelling. The following information relates to the older Vicarage and dates from 1709. The terrier (see below for definition) of Vicarage land in 1709 was approximately 16 acres. A close 5 acres...
Beliefs, Buildings &Structures, Places & Objects, Religion
The Jireh Chapel was built by Mr. George Speechley on Chapel Street in 1860, later becoming a Baptist Chapel. The building was demolished in the late 1960s.
Beliefs, Boats, Nature & Landscape, Religion, Transport, Waterways
By Margaret Long After the drainage of the Whittlesey Mere in 1851, land was bought and people made their living from farming in the black and most fertile lands in England around Holme, Farcet and Ramsey Fens. These farms sprung up and were very isolated but the...
Beliefs, Buildings &Structures, Places & Objects, Religion
Dating from 1882, the Mortuary Chapel on the corner of Waterslade Rd & Dovecote Lane is constructed of mellow stone and edged with local brick. Now no longer in use, it currently houses an old fire appliance, donated to the Parish.
Artefacts & Objects, Beliefs, Nature & Landscape, Places & Objects, Religion, Waterways, Whittlesea Mere
Following the draining of the Whittlesey Mere, Joseph Coles discovered an object embedded in the mud, which turned out to be a fourteenth century censer (made circa 1325) from Ramsey Abbey – considered to be the finest in Europe at this date. It is not known whether...
