Vicars of Waresley

selected Vicars of Waresley prior to 1647:

John Langton (~1440s) MA

William Todde (1536-1546) MA

Adam Nelson (1559-1560) MA

Thomas Petchy (1593-) MA

Vicars of Waresley since 1603:

Nathaniel Wibarn (1603-1613) MA

Edmund Mason (1613-1614) MA

John Pocklington (1615-1641) MA

John Vaughan (1641-1642) MA

Gawin Nash (1642-1646) MA

Roger Ashton (1661-1663) MA

William Shephard (1663-1677) MA

Drue Cressener (1677-1679) MA

Edward Duncon (1679) MA

John Gulliver (1680-1683) MA Richard Blyth MA was presented in 1680 but did not accept

Ambrose Bland (1683-1712) MA Church board says 1665-1667 & 1696-1715

Reginald Hawkins (1712-1718) MA Church board says 1715-1718

Christopher Selby (1718-1729) MA The church in Vicarage Road was destroyed in 1724. Rebuilt 1728.

John Browning (1729-1731) MA

James Brooks (1731-1735) MA

Leonard Addison (1735-1745) MA

John Frances (1745-1746) MA

Samuel May (1746-1785) MA

Thomas Jackson (1785-1812)

W A Pemberton (1812-1817)

Christopher Wilson (1817-1848)

William Elwyn (1848-1886) The present church was built in 1857.

Charles Wilkinson (1887-1919)

Philip Crick (1920-1925) Had two sons who both became bishops.

William McNeile (1926-1944)

John Laurie Cooper (1946-1948)

Arnold H Wells (1948-1955)

R Francis W Durrant (1956-1959)

Ralph Thicknesse (1960-1967)

Philip C Romans (1967-1974)

John Jackson (1974-1979)

Roy Sorfleet (1980-1986)

Alan Batty (1987-1990) Spire blown down March 1987. Rebuilt 1988.

William Patterson (1990-1993)

Bruce Curry (1994-1999)

On August 1 1999, the Benefice of Abbotsley and Waresley was united with the Benefice of Great and Little Gransden. Rectors of the United Benefice of Great Gransden and Abbotsley and Little Gransden and Waresley:

Bruce Curry (1999-2004)

Catharine Furlong (Nov 2005-Mar 2018)

Rachel Blanchflower (Jan 2019-)