Meldreth 

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Historical notes about the Parish of Meldreth

Here at Meldreth the men of the Bronze Age left a hoard of axes, spears, and swords, but today it is a place of peace embosomed in orchards, with thatched houses peeping out from the blossom, and shady trees overhanging the brook on its way to the Rhee. Fame has passed it by except that it was the birthplace of Andrew Marvell, father of the poet of the Commonwealth and himself a very good preacher. He was master of Hull Grammar School and also of Charterhouse, and he died tragically in crossing the Humber.

He would know this church, for the tower was begun 800 years ago and has been finished 600 years, and there are three Norman windows. The north doorway is 12^th century, and a blocked arch is a century younger. We come in by the 15^th century porch, in which still hangs an ancient door opening to a lofty bare interior. The elegant arcade, the clerestory, and the font are all 15^th century, and the beams in the roof and over the chancel arch have traces of medieval carving and painting. Twelve stone angels support the roof. The church has an ancient ironbound chest and a great coffin stone, and it keeps as relics two great firehooks which were used for pulling burning thatch off cottages. A little old glass in the window has a complete figure of John the Baptist in camel hair with a tiny kneeling figure in front of him.

By the chestnut on the green where three ways meet are the old stocks and whipping-post, and the stump of a wayside cross.

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