History
This is an archive of articles about the history of the parish and its church. Some of the information is from our guidebook, other articles are from the parish magazine.
Recent articles
Sir Roger de Trumpington
Tuesday 3 October 2006.
by Mrs B. M. Stanley
(The name Trumpington is Anglo Saxon in origin and means “Farm of Trumpa’s people”.)
In 1264 Simon de Montefort and his barons defeated King Henry III and consequently Roger de Trumpington had two of his manors, Trumpington and Girton, siezed by Walter de Colville.
The next year Simon de Montefort was killed at the battle of Evesham and Roger had his manors returned. He also gained lands in Madingley and Oakington from John de Burdeleys a de Montefort supporter.
A short guide to the church building
Tuesday 3 October 2006.
A sumptuous church – Nikolaus Pevsner
Most of what you see was built around 700 years ago. At that time, all the windows would have been filled with stained glass. The walls were plastered inside and out (and probably painted inside). An ancient reference suggests the church originally had a spire. The church was extensively restored in the 19th century when the present pews were put in the church, the high nave roof reconstructed, and much of the exterior was clad in stone.
One of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, the Reeve’s Tale, is about the miller at Trumpington. It begins:
At Trumpington, nat fer fro Cantebrigge, [Cambridge]
Ther goth a brook and over that a brigge,
Up-on the whiche brook ther stat a melle; [mill]
And this is verray soth as I yow telle.
Groups in Trumpington
Tuesday 3 October 2006.
Junior Church
There is no Junior Church at the moment.