Soham Abbey was an Anglo-Saxon monastery in Soham, which at the time was in the Kingdom of East Anglia. Constructed by St Felix of Burgundy during the early part of the 7th century, it was the first Roman Christian site to be established in Cambridgeshire.

Open daily 9.30am till 4.30pm in summer and dusk in winter. Visitors welcome! The locale of has been a place of Christian worship for over 1300 years, St Felix founded and abbey here in 631AD. The abbey is believed to have been endowed by Sigeberht, the king of East Anglia. The present church dates was originally a 12th century minster church.

Soham (/ ˈ s oʊ ə m / ⓘ SOH-əm) is a town and civil parish in the district of East Cambridgeshire, in Cambridgeshire, England, just off the A142 between Ely and Newmarket. Its population was 12,336 at the 2021 census.

The locale of St Andrew’s Church has been a place of Christian worship for over 1,300 years. In AD 631, St Felix, who according to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle introduced Christianity to East Anglia, founded an abbey here which is believed to have been endowed by Sigeberht, the king of …

Felix died on 8 March 647 or 648, having been bishop for 17 years. His relics were translated from Dommoc to Soham Abbey and then to the abbey at Ramsey. After his death, he was venerated as a saint; several English churches are dedicated to him. Felix's feast date is 8 March.

Dec 21, 2024 · Guide to Soham, Cambridgeshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Jul 6, 2014 · Soham Abbey was never raised again, but the little town has a fine view of the cathedral which grew out of Etheldreda’s abbey at Ely, standing on the hill at the end of the five-mile Causeway built to link the two towns soon after the Conquest.

Soham Abbey was an Anglo-Saxon monastery in Soham, which at the time was in the Kingdom of East Anglia. Constructed by St Felix of Burgundy during the early part of the 7th century, it was the first Roman Christian site to be established in Cambridgeshire. The …

St Felix, who was brought from Burgundian territory by Sigebert, the learned one of the East Anglian kings, and who was the first Bishop of the East Angles, is said to have founded a monastery here about AD 630, ands to have made Soham the seat of his diocese prior to the removal of the see to Dunwich, (dun, a hill-fortress wich or wick a bay ...

May 19, 2017 · The church of Soham presumably belonged to the royal demesne manor throughout the 12th century until Richard I in 1189 gave both the parish church and Barway chapel in free alms to the Poitevin Cistercian abbey of …