Tydd St Giles
It is the northernmost village in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire (bordering Lincolnshire), on the same latitude as Midlands towns such as Loughborough and Shrewsbury.The members were also required to attend Vespers on the eve of St Giles and mass on the feast day itself (1 September).The guild was also involved in charitable acts in the parish, being required to donate 1s 8d worth of bread to the poor after St Giles' mass.The western side of the village is dominated by the Community Centre, a large blue-roofed barn-like structure.This is enhanced by the fact that the traditional county and diocesan bound is Eau Dyke, to the north of the village.The West Window was designed by Alan of Walsingham, the designer of the "octagon" lantern on Ely Cathedral, this rare clear glass medieval window (which survived the depredations of Oliver Cromwell) fills the whole of the western end of the building.The tower fell away from the eastern end of the church in the 18th century (due to poor foundations and strong wind), and was rebuilt by Sir George Gilbert Scott when the building was extensively renovated in the 1880s.The bells hang in a wooden frame, and are rung in the traditional English full circle ringing system.The nave roof was built up to its present level, and a new clerestorey was installed—the original can still be seen on the inside where the builders filled the Norman windows.The church's roof was repaired in 2001–2002, as the original Victorian tiling and structure had decayed, letting in rain water along the whole of the nave and the side aisles.In his will (written just before the attack), Wren left 15 acres (6 ha) of Low Marsh to the poor of the village.It is in a renovated and converted barn, formerly used as a garage for two of the farm's steam ploughs, now kept in the Museum of Lincolnshire Life in Lincoln.[18] The Wisbech Chronicle (8 August 1868) described it: "A new Rectory house now occupies the site of the mean and dilapidated tenement which formerly stood upon it; and when we say that it was designed by Mr Gilbert Scott, it will be inferred that it is an ornament to the place, as well as a convenient and commodious abode for the Incumbent.Standing upon elevated ground, among clumps and avenues of trees in which it is encircled, it presents a picturesque and striking appearance, and gives an air of life and importance to its surroundings".