An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire, Volume 1, West Cambridgshire

The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England survey of Cambridgeshire, covering the west of the county. This volume largely consists of villages. Wimpole Hall is of particular note.

RCHME Inventory Volumes. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1968.

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Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
Frontispiece: Harlton Church, Monument
List of Parishes in the Inventory iv
List of Illustrations v-xvi
Preface xvii-xviii
Royal Warrants xix-xxi
List of Commissioners xxii
Report xxiii-xxvii
Sectional Preface xxviii-lxix
Arrington 1-4
Barrington 4-11
Barton 12-17
Bourn 17-27
Boxworth 28-31
Caldecote 31-33
Caxton 34-44
Childerley 44-48
Comberton 48-55
Conington 55-59
Coton 59-63
Croxton 63-71
Croydon 71-79
Dry Drayton 80-82
Elsworth 82-89
Eltisley 89-98
Gamlingay 99-112
Grantchester 112-118
Graveley 118-121
Great Eversden 121-126
Hardwick 126-129
Harlton 129-136
Haslingfield 136-145
Hatley 145-152
Kingston 152-160
Knapwell 160-163
Little Eversden 164-167
Little Gransden 167-170
Lolworth 170-172
Longstowe 173-176
Madingley 176-188
Orwell 188-195
Papworth Everard 196-198
Papworth St. Agnes 198-203
Tadlow 203-207
Toft 207-210
Wimpole 210-229
Abbreviations and Shortened Titles of Works of Reference 230
Armorial Index 231-232
Glossary 233-235
Index 237-256
Plate 1: Crop-marks 1
Plate 2: Earthworks 2
Plate 3: Earthworks 3
Plate 4: Early Mediaeval Stonework 4
Plate 5: Fonts 5
Plate 6: Piscinae and Sedilia 6
Plate 7: Piscinae and Recesses 7
Plate 8: Mediaeval Architectural Details 8
Plate 9: Mediaeval Doorways etc 9
Plate 10: Window Tracery 10
Plate 11: Churches with Blocked Arcades 11
Plate 12: Piers and Capitals 12
Plate 13: Mediaeval Carved Figures 13
Plate 14: Monuments with Portrait Sculpture 14
Plate 15: Monuments in Churchyards 15
Plate 16: Scratched Inscriptions 16
Plate 17: Woodwork 17
Plate 18: Mediaeval Woodwork 18
Plate 19: Mediaeval Woodwork 19
Plate 20: Painted Woodwork 20
Plate 21: 17th-Century Woodwork 21
Plate 22: 17th-Century Details 22
Plate 23: Plate 23
Plate 24: Mid 19th-Century Gothic Revival 24
Plate 25: Pigeon Houses 25
Plate 26: Encroachment on the Green 26
Plate 27: Agricultural Buildings 27
Plate 28: Pictorial Estate Maps 28
Plate 29: Pictorial Estate Maps 29
Plate 30: Houses 30
Plate 31: Houses 31
Plate 32: Houses 32
Plate 33: Houses 33
Plate 34: Rows of Houses 34
Plate 35: Estate Houses 35
Plate 36: Timber-Framed Structures 36
Plate 37: Dated Architectural Details 37
Plate 38: Architectural Details 38
Plate 39: Staircases 39
Plate 40: Mediaeval Roofs 40
Plate 41: Barrington, Showing the Green 41
Plate 42: Barrington Church, Exterior From S.W 42
Plate 43: Barrington Church, Nave Roof 43
Plate 44: Barrington, Cottages and Wilsmere Down Farm 44
Plate 45: Arrington. Bourn 45
Plate 46: Barrington, House and Rectory Farm 46
Plate 47: Bourn. Barton 47
Plate 48: Barrington Church, Corbels to Nave Roof 48
Plate 49: Bourn Church, Exterior From N.W 49
Plate 50: Bourn Church, Nave, Interior Looking N. 50
Plate 51: Bourn Church, Nave, Interior Looking S.W. 51