St Andrew's Church is the

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Glaston Glaston is a village in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish remained unchanged between the 2001 and the 2011 censuses. The village's name means 'farm/settlement of Glathr'. Glaston is abou ...

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. It is a

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History

The earliest parts of the church date from the 12th century and originally had a

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and a central tower. The northern aisle was built c1200. In c1220 the top of the tower and the spire were built. The building started being rebuilt to its current form in 1340. Work stopped because of the

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. The porch was built in 1622, it was later rebuilt for a second time in 1880. A singing gallery was added at the western end of the nave in 1699.

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of the chancel took place in 1863 and of the nave in 1864. The church has six bells the earliest dating to 1598 and the newest two dating from 1931. There is a 14th-century triple

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. A mural to numerous of the lords of the manor between 1650 and 1761 is in the nave. In the chancel there is a coffin lid dating from the 14th century. St Andrew's suffered from heritage crime in 2018 and is now on the

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. Repair works began in Autumn 2021.

Incumbents

In 1663 the

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was given to

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by Bernard Hale, the Master of the college. Masters of Peterhouse were Rector of Glaston until 1867, when the rectory was detached from the headship by new college statutes. * John Whalley (Master of Peterhouse) * William Hodgson (Master of Peterhouse) *

Henry Wilkinson Cookson Henry Wilkinson Cookson (10 April 1810 – 30 September 1876) was an English clergyman and academic, who served as Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge from 1847 until his death. He was born on 10 April 1810 at Kendal, the sixth son of Thomas and E ...

(Master of Peterhouse) *

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Walter Whittingham Walter Godfrey Whittingham (5 October 1861 – 17 June 1941) was a Church of England bishop. Education Whittingham was educated at the City of London School and Peterhouse, Cambridge. Career Ordained in 1886, he began his career with curacies at ...

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