St Mary the Virgin, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin at the north end of Burnham-on-Crouch dates back to the 12th century although the current building dates from the 14th century. It is unusual in having no differentiation between nave and chancel, with the north and south arcades stretching down to the…
St Andrew, Althorne, Essex St Andrew’s church in Althorne, Essex, dates back to the late 14th century. The chancel was added to the nave in the 16th century and the tower in 1500. The south porch is 18th century. The chancel was altered in the 20th century. Most of the graffiti at the church is…
October Miscellany Items of Interest Witches’ marks at Gainsborough Old Hall Talking Walls. What graffiti should be saved? The Oldest Graffiti in Paris From Twitter Lichfield graffiti Gainsborough Old Hall graffiti Roman graffiti in Pompeii 13th century graffiti Graffiti in Derbyshire Crosses at Wetheringsett church, Suffolk …
All Saints, Brightlingsea, Essex All Saints church, Brightlingsea, stands on a hill just outside the seaside town where it has operated as a landmark for centuries. The chancel dates back to the 13th century, with the south aisle dating to the 15th century and the south door to the 16th century. Seafaring is part of…
St Ethelbert and All Saints, Belchamp Otten, Essex The church of St Elthelbert and All Saints stands in the village of Belchamp Otten in Essex near the Suffolk border and in the Stour valley. It dates back to the 12th century and is quite simple inside. The only graffiti to be found is on the…
St Peter Ad Vincula, Coggeshall, Essex St Peter Ad Vincula in Coggeshall is a large ‘wool’ church dating back to the 15th century. It was damaged by a bomb in WW2. There is very little graffiti inside the church, but on a column in the south arcade two deep crosses and two faint faces…
St Mary the Virgin, Little Baddow, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin in Little Baddow dates back to the 11th century with changes and additions in the 14th and 15th centuries. It has an excellent 14th century painting of St Christopher bearing the Christ-child and another of a demon. There is a scattering…
March Miscellany Upcoming Events Ritual Protection Marks Talks Reading Stories in Stone talk Items of Interest Lecture: Cypriot medieval graffiti From Twitter The Three Hares Project The Equinox Stone • Loughcrew • Meath Graffiti at St Giles, Imber book
St Peter’s, Sible Hedingham, Essex The church of St Peter, Sible Hedingham dates back to the 14th century with a 16th century tower and porch. The fact that it has graffiti on its columns and walls has been known since at least 1915 when GG Coulton reports on it in his paper Medieval Graffiti: Especially…
St Mary Magdalen, Magdalen Laver, Essex The church of St Mary Magdalen at Magdalen Laver dates back to the 11th century. It is a pretty, simple church with little exposed stonework in the interior. The visible graffiti is clustered around the south door and is made up of initials. The two clear dates are from…
All Saints, High Laver, Essex The church of All Saints, High Laver, dates to the 12th century. It has been much restored, which probably accounts for why the only graffiti visible is on the 14th century font. This has quite extensive graffiti with several compass circles, a heraldic shield and some initials and dates. There…
October Miscellany Upcoming Events Specialist Tour : The Graffiti of Norwich Cathedral Witchmarks at Crewswell Crags Mummified Dried Cats in the Archaeological Record – talk From Twitter Marian Marks at Besford Church WWII graffiti at Stradbroke Church, Suffolk Graffiti in Winchester Cathedral
St Giles, Great Hallingbury, Essex The church of St Giles dates back to the 11th century with a 14th century tower and evidence of roman bricks in the chancel arch. The north aisle and porch dates to the late 19th century, as does the decoration of the east wall. However, the church is more…
St Edmund, Abbess Roding, Essex St Edmund’s church in Abbess Roding dates to the 14th century with amendments and additions up to the 19th. There is only a scattering of graffiti throughout the church and doorways. It mostly consists of names and initials with one date in the 18th century and one in the 19th….
August Miscellany Upcoming Events On 19 September I'll be giving an online talk on Tudor Houses. This site will feature prominently – King's House at the Tower of London. Built c 1538-40, it is one of the first houses to have attics lit by dormer windows. Booking details are here:https://t.co/mKdWgoTlP0 pic.twitter.com/T7MHo0WhaM — James Wright (@jpwarchaeology)…
July Miscellany Upcoming Events If you missed the graffiti tour at @StBartholomews in May fear not! Join us 12 Aug to look at some graffiti and learn about the history of this amazing church! #graffiti https://t.co/FhCAZvZ2ov — Crystal Hollis (@GraffitiGinger) July 12, 2023 Apotropaic graffiti in London churches talk Items of Interest Apotropaic circles in…
St Mary the Virgin, Dedham, Essex The village of Dedham is on the River Stour is where John Constable went to school and the church of St Mary the Virgin has one of his paintings to prove it. The village was a wealthy wool town and spent some of those riches on its church which,…
April Miscellany Upcoming Events Witch Bottles Talk by Wayne Perkins Items of Interest Medieval Graffiti in Haddington, East Lothian Historic Graffiti in Norwich Medieval Graffiti in Genova, Italy From Twitter 'ROUNDHEADE 1645' I'm currently reading @SocialHistoryOx's brilliant 'The Blazing World' and it's making me go back and look at photos I've taken of survivals of…
All Saints, Great Holland, Essex All Saints, South Holland was built in the 15th and 16th centuries, however it was rebuilt in the 1860s. This rebuild means that there is no visible graffiti in the body of the church. However this does not mean that there is no graffiti in the church. The pipe organ…
St Peter and St Paul, St Osyth, Essex The church of St Peter and St Paul in St Osyth, Essex was first built in the 12th century but has been much modified since then in the 13th and 16th centuries. It is unusually wide and as well as interesting brick columns in the nave has…
St Mary, Buttsbury, Essex The Pevsner entry for St Mary’s, Buttsbury describes the church as ‘small and alone’, which is accurate for a village church with no village in sight. St Mary’s was built in the 14th century with the tower added in the 15th. There is no graffiti inside the church, other that…
St Barnabas, Great Tey, Essex St Barnabas church in Great Tey, Essex, immediately shows a long history of building and remodelling. Its massive (in the solid sense) central tower was built in 1160. The chancel and north and south transepts were 14th century changes and additions. Other changes, including shortening the nave, occurred in the…
All Saints, Writtle, Essex The church of All Saints in Writtle, Essex, dates back to the 12th century, although it has undergone much restoration in the 19th century following the collapse of the tower and its rebuilding. The graffiti is mostly confined to the stonework of the 16th century chapel dedicated to William Carpenter. There…
St John the Evangelist, Little Leighs, Essex The church of St John the Evangelist in Little Leighs dates back to the early twelfth century. The south door and the font, where most of the graffiti in the church is located, both date to the thirteenth century. Possibly the most noteworthy graffiti can be found on…
St Mary the Virgin, Henham, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin in Henham, Essex dates back to 13th century. The tower is dated to 1325 and the south porch to the 15th century, as does the font. The south porch is where most of the graffiti is to be found. It…
St Mary Magdalene, Wethersfield, Essex St Mary Magdalene church in the Essex village of Wethersfield dates back to the 12th century, although it is believed that there was a Saxon church on the site before then. Perhaps the church’s most unusual feature is the Samson Post at the base of the tower. The Historic England…
February Miscellany Upcoming Events Graffiti talk at Elsenham Village History Society on 9 March 8pm Looking forward to being a part of this! https://t.co/Le4ifIljIR — Crystal Hollis (@GraffitiGinger) February 15, 2022 Items of Interest New Light Through Old Windows: Apotropaic Merels, Dots & Powder Procurement. From Twitter Carlisle castle graffiti gets some rather splendid conservation…
January Miscellany Upcoming Events Hidden Charms 4 is announced with a call for papers Items of Interest Graffiti in Rochester Cathedral From Twitter Found this fascinating and very moving. https://t.co/zuCneejBsJ — Dig For Archaeology (@ForArchaeology) January 6, 2022 Remarkable c.5,000 year old megalithic art inside the passage tomb of Fourknocks, County Meath. pic.twitter.com/jzfWRhXEJF — Neil…
St Mary, Great Henny, Essex The majority of the the little church of St Mary at Great Henny in Essex is from the 14th century, however the base of the tower belongs to the 11th century and there are additions and modifications from the 15th century. The graffiti in the church is found in…
January Miscellany Items of Interest Podcast on witchcraft in modern times From Twitter Our latest on-line medieval graffiti talk is now live.'Which marks? Those bloody marks… The case for ritual protection'https://t.co/EX7BewKTFL pic.twitter.com/VlBX1VmO1P — Medieval Graffiti (@MedievalG) January 24, 2021 Uploading more videos over the weekend, but if you haven't already seen it, take a look…
All Saints, Vange, Essex The earliest parts of the nave of All Saints Church in Vange were built in the 12th Century, as was the font. The rest of the church was completed before the end of the 15th century. It is now in the charge of the Churches Conservation Trust. The font, with…
August Miscellany Upcoming Events Creswell Crags have bookings for private tours of ice age art and/or witch marks CCT Talk on Historic Graffiti in Winchester Cathedral Items of Interest Video discussing ice age engraving of a horse found at Creswell Crags Prehistoric engraved stones found on Jersey Graffiti found on the…
St Michael, Great Sampford, Essex (3/3) Chancel Graffiti This is the third and last post about St Michael, Great Sampford. The chancel has 26 seats set in stone bays. The Historic England listing states that they were said to have seated a Knight Hospitaller who were supposed to have built the church. The most prominent…
St Michael, Great Sampford, Essex (2/3) North Aisle Graffiti Following on from the previous post about St Michael’s church in Great Sampford, Essex, this post will concentrate on the graffiti in the north aisle of the church. The protective marks in the north aisle mostly consist of compass drawn circles with a single Marian mark…
St Michael, Great Sampford, Essex (1/3) You only need to walk around the exterior of St Michael in Great Sampford to realise that it has a history of rebuilding. Somewhat unusually this rebuilding was mostly confined to the 14th century. The church had been under the jurisdiction of Battle Abbey in Sussex and the Knights…
St Mary’s, Gestingthorpe, Essex St Mary’s church in Gestingthorpe dates back to the 13th century, the south aisle was built in the 14th century and rebuilt in the 15th when the tower was also added. There is double-hammerbeam roof, also of the 15th century, and ‘uncommonly splendid for Essex’, according to Pevsner. One wall has…
St Giles, Great Maplestead, Essex St Giles church in Great Maplestead was built in the 12th century with major additions in 13th and 14th centuries. In the 16th century, the Deane family, who lived in nearby Dynes Hall, added a small south chapel in the church. It holds their monuments. The most splendid monument in…
St Christopher, Willingale, Essex Sharing a churchyard with St Andrew’s, St Christopher’s church served the parish of Willingale Doe. The church dates to the 14th century, the font is 15th century and the church was extensively restored in the 19th century. This restoration may be why there is little graffiti in the church itself. The…
St Andrew’s, Willingale, Essex St Andrew’s church shares a churchyard with St Christopher’s church. St Andrew’s (full name St Andrew and All Saints) was the church for the parish of Willingale Spain as opposed to the parish of Willingale Doe which had St Christopher’s as its church. St Andrew’s was given to the Priory of…
St Peter and St Paul, Bardfield Saling, Essex The church of St Peter and St Paul in Bardfield Saling (also known as Little Saling) dates to the 14th century. It is notable as being one of only six churches in Essex to have a round tower. The organ is an 18th century chamber organ and…
St Catherine, Gosfield, Essex The history of the church of St Catherine at Gosfield is tied in with the de Vere family, the Earls of Oxford. The first church was built by them in the 12th century. The current church belongs to the 15th century and the emblem of the de Vere’s, a star or…
All Saints, Great Chesterford, Essex All Saints church in Great Chesterford, Essex, dates from the 13th century. although most of what is visible dates to the 14th and 15th centuries. The west tower was rebuilt in the 18th century and that is where the south door now stands. Restorations have thinned out the graffiti in…
All Saints, Ashdon, Essex (2/2) All Saints church has a number of apotropaic marks on its stonework. It has several of one particular type – the eight pointed star. This has shown up in other churches (most notably in St Mary and St Clement, Clavering). It is described in MB Jackson’s book, Ciphers and Scripts….
All Saints, Ashdon, Essex (1/2) There are some churches, that, as soon as you enter them, you know you’re going to be spending a while photographing all the graffiti in them. All Saints church in Ashdon is one of those churches. The church dates back to the 14th century, with most of the interior belonging…
St Mary the Virgin, Little Easton, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin dates back to the 12th century and has been altered through the succeeding centuries. There are two sets of existing medieval wall paintings showing the events leading up to the crucifixion and also one of an unidentified seated prophet. The south…
St Mary the Virgin, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex St Mary the Virgin, Hatfield Broad Oak, was originally part of a Benedictine Priory founded in 1135. The priory was founded by the de Vere family, the Earls of Oxford. The effigy of the third Earl, Robert de Vere (died 1221), lies in the centre of the…
Holy Trinity, Littlebury, Essex Holy Trinity church dates back to Norman times. The south and north doors are 12th century. The tower is 14th century. It was heavily restored in the late Victorian period with the chancel being completely rebuilt when the organ was installed and the crucifixion scene painted. The font cover dates to…
St Andrews, Helions Bumpstead, Essex St Andrew’s in Helions Bumpstead is an unusually light church. In part this is due to the south wall of the nave, rebuilt in the 16th century and, to repeat the lines about Hardwick Hall, it is more glass than wall. This superfluity of daylight is also reflected by the…
St Botolph’s, Hadstock, Essex The current building of St Botolph’s in the village of Hadstock dates back to 1020 when King Cnut ordered it to be built to after the battle of Assundun in 1016. There is evidence of an earlier Saxon church on the same site, possibly belonging to an abbey founded by St…
St Andrew, Bulmer, Essex The church of St Andrew in Bulmer dates to the 12th century. The north arcade in the nave is of 14th century origin. The font, with a fine green man on one face, dates to the 15th century. There are three figures featured in the graffiti in the church. A soldier,…
St Botolph, Beauchamp Roding, Essex The church of St Botolph stands high and alone on a ridge near the village of Beauchamp Roding. The church dates back to the 14th century. There is a marker stone in the churchyard which is counted as part of The Puddingstone Trail, with folklore attached to the stone. Apparently…
St Andrew’s, Wormingford, Essex Wormingford, in North Essex has its own version of the George and the Dragon story. In Wormingford’s case, however, it is not Saint George, but Sir George of Layer de la Haye who slew, not a dragon but an escaped ‘cokadrille’ or crocodile. This ‘dragoun’, a gift to Richard I for…
The Abbey Church of Holy Cross and St Lawrence, Waltham Abbey, Essex The Abbey Church of Holy Cross and St Lawrence is more familiarly known as Waltham Abbey Church. There is evidence that there was a church on the site as far back as the 7th century. The church was rebuilt and enlarged in Saxon…
St Mary the Virgin, Little Sampford, Essex There are some churches where setting, exterior and interior combine to form a whole that achieves way more than the sum of its parts. St Mary the Virgin in Little Sampford is one such gem and I would urge anyone to visit whether they are interested in graffiti…
St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield dates back to the 12th century. It is noted for its stone rood screen, one of only three in Europe. The screen has two angels facing out towards the nave and two demons facing in towards the chancel. Local…
St Barnabas, Alphamstone, Essex The little village of Alphamstone is recorded in the Domesday Book, but there is archaeological evidence that there was a settlement nearby in the bronze age The churchyard has several sandstone sarsen stones which may or may not have formed a stone circle. This is not the only mystery. The church…
St Mary’s, Stebbing, Essex (2/2) Stebbing church has several compass designs ranging from simple circles to elaborate daisy wheels with mulitple petals. There are a range of protective marks throughout the church including Marian marks, pentagrams and butterfly crosses. The crosses in St Mary’s are mostly of a plain, latin type with a couple of…
St Mary’s Stebbing Essex (1/2) The light and airy church of St Mary the Virgin in the little village of Stebbing in the Uttesford district of Essex is one of those that appears to be way bigger than the size of population it serves. It stands on a ridge of high ground towards the south…
St Katharine, Little Bardfield, Essex The tower of St Katharine is pre-Conquest, but the tower arch is 15th century and this where the graffiti within the church is located. Despite it’s early origins, the 19th century interior restoration was extensive and very little graffiti was left at the end of it. While most of the…
March Miscellany Welcome to this month’s roundup of items of interest from the internet and twitter feeds. Pictures We have a little game of compare and contrast here – with two pipe smokers! One is from Gloucester Cathedral and the other is from St Mary’s church in Elsenham, Essex. Remember people, smoking is bad, no…
St Mary the Virgin, Moreton, Essex The church of St Mary stands on a mound to the east side of the little village of Moreton in Essex. The construction of the current building dates to the 13th and 15th century with the tower being added in the late 18th century. The font is 12th century…
St Laurence, Ridgewell, Essex (2/2) St Laurence church has several compass drawn circle designs, including a very clear daisy wheel and an unusually long sequence of linked compass drawn circles. There is a large incomplete daisy wheel by the west door in the tower, it is obscured behind an old noticeboard. ” template=”/var/sites/r/rakinglight.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/view/gallery-caption.php” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC”…
St Laurence, Ridgewell, Essex (1/2) The fine, light church of St Laurence has stood in the village of Ridgewell in Essex since the 14th century. The village is close to the WW2 airbase of RAF Ridgewell. The base was the home of No 90 Squadron of Bomber Command until 1943 when the USAAF Eighth Air…
St Mary’s, Great Dunmow, Essex Great Dunmow, in Essex, is famous for its Flitch Trials, where married couples can win a flitch (side) of bacon if they can satisfy a jury that they have not wished themselves unmarried for a period of twelve months and a day. Chaucer’s Wife of Bath laments that she never…
All Saints, Maldon, Essex The town of Maldon, of sea salt fame, has been a settlement on the Blackwater Estuary since Saxon times. The church of All Saints dates back to the 12th century. Its unique feature is a triangular tower. While there is not a huge amount of graffiti in the church there is…
St Andrews, Halstead, Essex St Andrews church is in the centre of Halstead, a market town in Essex. The church dates back to the 14th and 15th centuries. There were no major alterations until 1850 when the west end was extended and the tower added. This 1850 alteration appears to have removed any graffiti in…
St Nicholas, Castle Hedingham, Essex Castle Hedingham, despite being in Essex, was the ancestral home of the de Vere family, the Earls of Oxford. Not surprisingly, the village shows all the signs of medieval prosperity, which is also reflected in the large parish church. St Nicholas church dates back to the 12th century with some…
St John the Baptist, Pebmarsh, Essex The church of St John the Baptist, Essex, was built in the 14th century and restored in the 19th. ” template=”/var/sites/r/rakinglight.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/view/gallery-caption.php” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Apart from a small amount of graffiti on a the western most column in the north arcade, everything else is around the south…
St Augustine of Canterbury, Birdbrook, Essex The main features of St Augustine of Canterbury in Birdbrook, Essex are the excellently carved pew ends in the nave and the arm rests in the choir stalls. They are carved in oak, by Ken Mabbit of the firm of H&K Mabbit, and were installed in the 1960s and 1970s. …
St Mary the Virgin, Strethall, Essex There has been a church on this site since before the Domesday book was written. St Mary the Virgin, dates back to the early 11th century. The entry in Pevsner praises the Anglo-Saxon architecture of the chancel arch and there are pews that date back to 1475. ”…
St Mary’s Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex (3/3) The previous post for St Mary’s Priory church at Little Dunmow in Essex reported on the last of the graffiti inside the church, but before I move on to the external graffiti, I would like to start with something different. Pevsner Architectural Guide for Essex describes the animal…
St Mary’s Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex (2/3) In the previous post of St Mary’s Priory in Little Dunmow, we looked at the graffiti round the doorway and the first two columns. This revealed the first of two graffiti described in Pritchard’s English Medieval Graffiti. The rest of the graffiti in the church is on…
St Mary’s Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex (1/3) St Mary’s Priory, Little Dunmow is a strange church. The windows on the north side are wildly out of proportion to those on the south and the tower looks like someone stole an italian campanile and glued it to one corner. Inside, there is an arcade of…
St Nicholas, Elmdon, Essex St Nicholas church in Elmdon Essex has a 15th century tower, but the rest of the church was completely rebuilt in the 19th century. This has wiped the nave and chancel clear of graffiti barring a few faint initials on the 16th century tomb of Thomas Meade in the chancel. …
St Mary the Virgin, Tilty, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin was originally the Chapel Outside the Gate of the Cistercian Abbey of St Mary in Tilty. Both abbey and church were built in the 13th century. When the abbey was destroyed in the dissolution of the monasteries only the church remained apart…
St Mary the Virgin, High Easter, Essex The parish church of St Mary the Virgin in High Easter is a large church in a small village. The church dates back to the 12th century with additions up to the 16th century. The roof and clerestory as well as the south porch all belong to the…
St Mary the Virgin, Manuden, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin lies as the heart of the village of Manuden in Essex. St Mary’s is believed to date back to the 12th century, but the church itself was largely demolished and rebuilt between 1863 and 1864. This has limited the amount of available…
St Martin, Little Waltham, Essex The church of St Martin at Little Waltham dates back to the Normans, but was rebuilt extensively in the 15th century. There is no graffiti visible anywhere in the church, but some if to be found on the north side of the tower arch. There, divided by a modern partition…
St Mary and St Clement, Clavering, Essex (4/4) The north arcade has a wide variety of graffiti and also holds its own mystery. North Arcade & Outside The challenge of seeking out and recording historic graffiti lies beyond the finding and taking of pictures. The real task is to try to understand why the graffiti…
St Mary and St Clement, Clavering, Essex (3/4) Rood-loft Stairs Doorway To the south side of the chancel arch is a small doorway opening on to the stairs to the rood-loft. This is where Violet Pritchard found the short inscription, Amor Vincit omnia (love conquers all), which she records in her book ‘English Medieval Graffiti’….
St Mary and St Clement, Clavering, Essex (2/4) South Arcade The south arcade of St Mary and St Clement has an abundance of exciting graffiti. ” template=”/var/sites/r/rakinglight.co.uk/public_html/wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/products/photocrati_nextgen/modules/ngglegacy/view/gallery-caption.php” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] There are several compass drawn and hand drawn circle designs of varying complexity in the south arcade. The most notable of which are one…
St Mary and St Clement, Clavering, Essex (1/4) The chancel of St Mary and St Clement was built in the late 14th century. The rest of the church was built at the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th centuries. The roof is original, with angel carvings. The screen has traces of saints…
St Andrews Church, Great Yeldham, Essex St Andrews church in Great Yeldham, Essex appears in Violet Pritchard’s English Medieval Graffiti. Unfortunately, the three intertwined fish she describes cannot be seen. All the columns and piers have been whitewashed, so this may be hiding the design. A compass drawn quatrefoil is clearly visible on one of…
All Saints, Rickling, Essex All Saints Church, Rickling is an interesting church in more ways than one. For a start, the nave and the chancel are on slightly different alignments, which indicates an earlier plan than the current 14th Century one. The graffiti, also has some unique elements including compass circles of hitherto unseen design…
Holy Cross, Felsted, Essex Holy Cross is a wide, light-filled church built in the 12th century with additions and alterations in the 14th and 16th centuries. There have been renovations in the 19th and 20th centuries. These later renovations have removed some of the graffiti, but there is still a substantial amount, especially on the…
St Mary the Virgin, Lindsell, Essex This is a pretty, but odd-shaped church. It is wider than it is long with the tower in one corner. It is originally Norman with a simple round chancel arch with a large squint on the south side. A large column stands beside the font. The column and the…
St Mary the Virgin, Elsenham, Essex St Mary the Virgin is a charming church, close to Stansted Airport, out of the village of Elsenham and up a single-track lane. Pevsner praises its Norman windows and doorway. It was visited by Violet Pritchard, who noted some text with a face carved into the capital letter. There…
St Peter & St Paul’s Church, Foxearth, Essex St Peter and St Paul’s Church in Foxearth presents some challenges to the graffiti hunter. For a start, it’s difficult to find. It is not visible from the road. The postcode and GPS will put you on the wrong street anyway. When you do find the correct unlabelled…
St Mary Church, Chickney, Essex The church of St Mary in Chickney, Essex is a Churches Conservation Trust church you approach down a single track road off the B1051. There is a small parking bay outside the churchyard. The church goes back to Saxon times with additions through the years and major restoration in the…
St Mary the Virgin, Wendens Ambo, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin in the wonderfully named village of Wendens Ambo in Essex is a little gem of a church. It is small, dimly lit and smelled of incense on the day I visited. The graffiti is mostly found on the south pillars and…