St Mary the Virgin, Wendens Ambo

Address: St Mary the Virgin, Church Path, Wendens Ambo CB11 4JZ

Phone: Susan Watson 07776 253449
Email: WendensAmbo.StMary@gmail.com
Website: http://www.wendenheritage.org.uk/

Church building open: Daily from 10am to 4pm





Are you new to the church? If so, you are very welcome! 

Our church welcomes all those seeking a spiritual environment to worship God. Youmay attend services, a christening, wedding or funeral or find a place for quiet contemplation.

Wendens Ambo Church is lovingly maintained by a large number of volunteers. Teams of volunteers look after the churchyard maintenance, flower arranging, and cleaning. 
 

Sunday Services

We offer services every Sunday at 9am except when we meet at one of the Cam Village churches for a joint service at 10:30am. 

Our normal pattern of services is as follows: 

 

1st Sunday: 9am Morning Prayer 
2nd Sunday: 10:30am Cam Villages Churches Together Service (rotating around Littlebury, Great Chesterford and Wendens Ambo) 

3rd Sunday: 9am Holy Communion 
4th Sunday: 9am Family Communion
5th Sunday: 9am Sung Matins with full choir

We aim to provide a very warm welcome to visitors. 

Our Church History

Wendens Ambo Church, formerly of Great Wenden, is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin and is one of the most interesting churches in north-west Essex. It consists of a chancel with organ chamber, an aisled nave, a south porch and a western tower. The vestry in the western end of the south aisle, is unusually positioned.

The first church on the site was probably constructed of wood, perhaps as early as the eighth century, but no trace of it remains. It seems to have been rebuilt in stone about the time Domesday Book was written (1086 A.D.) with later additions in the 13th, 14th, 15th and 19th centuries.

The church register of Great Wenden commenced in 1540. After Volume 2, which was the register of Little Wenden until 1662, the two parishes were united as Wendens Ambo (meaning "both Wendens").

In the 19th century Lord Braybrooke gifted land and a hall neighbouring the church to enable an extension to the ancient churchyard. The hall was extensively modernised in 2007 and is managed for use by a variety of active village interest groups and activities. To find out more about our church's history click here