Alwalton can be found just off of the A605, about five miles West of Peterborough. The village is joined to Chesterton, with the two being separated by the A1. Alwalton has some beautiful old houses and St Andrews Church is the jewel in the crown of what is a lovely village.
Alwalton is close to the site of a Roman fort, and the Roman town of Durobrivae. The Romans built a bridge at Alwalton over the river Nene. Much excavation was undertaken in this area by Victorian archaeologist Edmund Artis, who is buried in the churchyard in neighbouring Castor.
Alwalton has few real claims to fame, but Henry Royce of Rolls Royce fame was born in the village in the 1860's. He died in 1933 and his ashes were buried at the church in 1937.
No church was mentioned at Alwalton in the Domesday book of 1086, but there was a church on the present site by the end of the 12th Century, parts of which still exist today. In 1300 AD a project to rebuild the church was started, however this was abandoned unfinished some 30 years later. The church was restored in 1840, at which time the South Porch was built. At the time of this restoration medival stained glass was removed from St Andrew to let in more light!
As well as the stained glass being removed, so were some monuments.
