St Andrew, Althorne, Essex St Andrew's church in Althorne, Essex, dates back to the late 14th century. The chancel was ...

October Miscellany Items of Interest Witches' marks at Gainsborough Old Hall Talking Walls. What graffiti should be saved? The Oldest ...

All Saints, Brightlingsea, Essex All Saints church, Brightlingsea, stands on a hill just outside the seaside town where it has ...

St Ethelbert and All Saints, Belchamp Otten, Essex The church of St Elthelbert and All Saints stands in the village ...

St Peter Ad Vincula, Coggeshall, Essex St Peter Ad Vincula in Coggeshall is a large 'wool' church dating back to ...

St Mary the Virgin, Little Baddow, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin in Little Baddow dates back to ...

March Miscellany Upcoming Events Ritual Protection Marks Talks Reading Stories in Stone talk Items of Interest Lecture: Cypriot medieval graffiti ...

St Peter's, Sible Hedingham, Essex The church of St Peter, Sible Hedingham dates back to the 14th century with a ...

St Mary Magdalen, Magdalen Laver, Essex The church of St Mary Magdalen at Magdalen Laver dates back to the 11th ...

All Saints, High Laver, Essex The church of All Saints, High Laver, dates to the 12th century. It has been ...

October Miscellany Upcoming Events Specialist Tour : The Graffiti of Norwich Cathedral Witchmarks at Crewswell Crags Mummified Dried Cats in ...

St Giles, Great Hallingbury, Essex The church of St Giles dates back to the 11th century with a 14th century ...

St Edmund, Abbess Roding, Essex St Edmund's church in Abbess Roding dates to the 14th century with amendments and additions ...

August Miscellany Upcoming Events On 19 September I'll be giving an online talk on Tudor Houses. This site will feature ...

July Miscellany Upcoming Events If you missed the graffiti tour at @StBartholomews in May fear not! Join us 12 Aug ...

St Mary the Virgin, Dedham, Essex The village of Dedham is on the River Stour is where John Constable went ...

April Miscellany Upcoming Events Witch Bottles Talk by Wayne Perkins Items of Interest Medieval Graffiti in Haddington, East Lothian Historic ...

All Saints, Great Holland, Essex All Saints, South Holland was built in the 15th and 16th centuries, however it was ...

St Peter and St Paul, St Osyth, Essex The church of St Peter and St Paul in St Osyth, Essex ...

St Mary, Buttsbury, Essex The Pevsner entry for St Mary's, Buttsbury describes the church as 'small and alone', which is ...

St Barnabas, Great Tey, Essex St Barnabas church in Great Tey, Essex, immediately shows a long history of building and ...

All Saints, Writtle, Essex The church of All Saints in Writtle, Essex, dates back to the 12th century, although it ...

St John the Evangelist, Little Leighs, Essex The church of St John the Evangelist in Little Leighs dates back to ...

St Mary the Virgin, Henham, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin in Henham, Essex dates back to 13th ...

St Mary Magdalene, Wethersfield, Essex St Mary Magdalene church in the Essex village of Wethersfield dates back to the 12th ...

February Miscellany Upcoming Events Graffiti talk at Elsenham Village History Society on 9 March 8pm Looking forward to being a ...

January Miscellany Upcoming Events Hidden Charms 4 is announced with a call for papers Items of Interest Graffiti in Rochester ...

St Mary, Great Henny, Essex The majority of the the little church of St Mary at Great Henny in Essex ...

January Miscellany Items of Interest Podcast on witchcraft in modern times From Twitter Our latest on-line medieval graffiti talk is ...

All Saints, Vange, Essex The earliest parts of the nave of All Saints Church in Vange were built in the ...

August Miscellany Upcoming Events Creswell Crags have bookings for private tours of ice age art and/or witch marks CCT Talk ...

St Michael, Great Sampford, Essex (3/3) Chancel Graffiti This is the third and last post about St Michael, Great Sampford ...

St Michael, Great Sampford, Essex (2/3) North Aisle Graffiti Following on from the previous post about St Michael's church in ...

St Michael, Great Sampford, Essex (1/3) You only need to walk around the exterior of St Michael in Great Sampford ...

St Mary's, Gestingthorpe, Essex St Mary's church in Gestingthorpe dates back to the 13th century, the south aisle was built ...

St Giles, Great Maplestead, Essex St Giles church in Great Maplestead was built in the 12th century with major additions ...

St Christopher, Willingale, Essex Sharing a churchyard with St Andrew's, St Christopher's church served the parish of Willingale Doe. 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 ...

St Peter and St Paul, Bardfield Saling, Essex The church of St Peter and St Paul in Bardfield Saling (also ...

St Catherine, Gosfield, Essex The history of the church of St Catherine at Gosfield is tied in with the de ...

All Saints, Great Chesterford, Essex All Saints church in Great Chesterford, Essex, dates from the 13th century. although most of ...

All Saints, Ashdon, Essex (2/2) All Saints church has a number of apotropaic marks on its stonework. It has several ...

All Saints, Ashdon, Essex (1/2) There are some churches, that, as soon as you enter them, you know you're going ...

St Mary the Virgin, Little Easton, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin dates back to the 12th century ...

St Mary the Virgin, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex St Mary the Virgin, Hatfield Broad Oak, was originally part of a ...

Holy Trinity, Littlebury, Essex Holy Trinity church dates back to Norman times. The south and north doors are 12th century ...

St Andrews, Helions Bumpstead, Essex St Andrew's in Helions Bumpstead is an unusually light church. In part this is due ...

St Botolph's, Hadstock, Essex The current building of St Botolph's in the village of Hadstock dates back to 1020 when ...

St Andrew, Bulmer, Essex The church of St Andrew in Bulmer dates to the 12th century. The north arcade in ...

St Botolph, Beauchamp Roding, Essex The church of St Botolph stands high and alone on a ridge near the village ...

St Andrew's, Wormingford, Essex Wormingford, in North Essex has its own version of the George and the Dragon story. In ...

The Abbey Church of Holy Cross and St Lawrence, Waltham Abbey, Essex The Abbey Church of Holy Cross and St ...

St Mary the Virgin, Little Sampford, Essex There are some churches where setting, exterior and interior combine to form a ...

St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield dates back to the ...

St Barnabas, Alphamstone, Essex The little village of Alphamstone is recorded in the Domesday Book, but there is archaeological evidence ...

St Mary's, Stebbing, Essex (2/2) Stebbing church has several compass designs ranging from simple circles to elaborate daisy wheels with ...

St Mary's Stebbing Essex (1/2) The light and airy church of St Mary the Virgin in the little village of ...

St Katharine, Little Bardfield, Essex The tower of St Katharine is pre-Conquest, but the tower arch is 15th century and ...

March Miscellany Welcome to this month's roundup of items of interest from the internet and twitter feeds. Pictures We have ...

St Mary the Virgin, Moreton, Essex The church of St Mary stands on a mound to the east side of ...

St Laurence, Ridgewell, Essex (2/2) St Laurence church has several compass drawn circle designs, including a very clear daisy wheel ...

St Laurence, Ridgewell, Essex (1/2) The fine, light church of St Laurence has stood in the village of Ridgewell in ...

St Mary's, Great Dunmow, Essex Great Dunmow, in Essex, is famous for its Flitch Trials, where married couples can win ...

All Saints, Maldon, Essex The town of Maldon, of sea salt fame, has been a settlement on the Blackwater Estuary ...

St Andrews, Halstead, Essex St Andrews church is in the centre of Halstead, a market town in Essex. The church ...

St Nicholas, Castle Hedingham, Essex Castle Hedingham, despite being in Essex, was the ancestral home of the de Vere family, ...

St John the Baptist, Pebmarsh, Essex The church of St John the Baptist, Essex, was built in the 14th century ...

St Augustine of Canterbury, Birdbrook, Essex The main features of St Augustine of Canterbury in Birdbrook, Essex are the excellently ...

St Mary the Virgin, Strethall, Essex There has been a church on this site since before the Domesday book was ...

St Mary's Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex (3/3) The previous post for St Mary's Priory church at Little Dunmow in Essex ...

St Mary's Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex (2/3) In the previous post of St Mary's Priory in Little Dunmow, we looked ...

St Mary's Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex (1/3) St Mary's Priory, Little Dunmow is a strange church. The windows on the ...

St Nicholas, Elmdon, Essex St Nicholas church in Elmdon Essex has a 15th century tower, but the rest of the ...

St Mary the Virgin, Tilty, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin was originally the Chapel Outside the Gate ...

St Mary the Virgin, High Easter, Essex The parish church of St Mary the Virgin in High Easter is a ...

St Mary the Virgin, Manuden, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin lies as the heart of the village ...

St Martin, Little Waltham, Essex The church of St Martin at Little Waltham dates back to the Normans, but was ...

St Mary and St Clement, Clavering, Essex (4/4) The north arcade has a wide variety of graffiti and also holds ...

St Mary and St Clement, Clavering, Essex (3/4) Rood-loft Stairs Doorway To the south side of the chancel arch is ...

St Mary and St Clement, Clavering, Essex (2/4) South Arcade The south arcade of St Mary and St Clement has ...

St Mary and St Clement, Clavering, Essex (1/4) The chancel of St Mary and St Clement was built in the ...

St Andrews Church, Great Yeldham, Essex St Andrews church in Great Yeldham, Essex appears in Violet Pritchard's English Medieval Graffiti ...

All Saints, Rickling, Essex All Saints Church, Rickling is an interesting church in more ways than one. For a start, ...

Holy Cross, Felsted, Essex Holy Cross is a wide, light-filled church built in the 12th century with additions and alterations ...

St Mary the Virgin, Lindsell, Essex This is a pretty, but odd-shaped church. It is wider than it is long ...

St Mary the Virgin, Elsenham, Essex St Mary the Virgin is a charming church, close to Stansted Airport, out of ...

St Peter & St Paul's Church, Foxearth, Essex St Peter and St Paul's Church in Foxearth presents some challenges to ...

St Mary Church, Chickney, Essex The church of St Mary in Chickney, Essex is a Churches Conservation Trust church you ...

St Mary the Virgin, Wendens Ambo, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin in the wonderfully named village of ...