St Michael, Great Sampford, Essex (3/3) Chancel Graffiti This is the third and last post about St Michael, Great Sampford ...
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St Michael, Great Sampford, Essex (2/3) North Aisle Graffiti Following on from the previous post about St Michael's church in ...
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St Michael, Great Sampford, Essex (1/3) You only need to walk around the exterior of St Michael in Great Sampford ...
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St Mary's, Gestingthorpe, Essex St Mary's church in Gestingthorpe dates back to the 13th century, the south aisle was built ...
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St Giles, Great Maplestead, Essex St Giles church in Great Maplestead was built in the 12th century with major additions ...
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St Christopher, Willingale, Essex Sharing a churchyard with St Andrew's, St Christopher's church served the parish of Willingale Doe. The ...
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St Andrew's, Willingale, Essex St Andrew's church shares a churchyard with St Christopher's church. St Andrew's (full name St Andrew ...
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St Peter and St Paul, Bardfield Saling, Essex The church of St Peter and St Paul in Bardfield Saling (also ...
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St Catherine, Gosfield, Essex The history of the church of St Catherine at Gosfield is tied in with the de ...
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All Saints, Great Chesterford, Essex All Saints church in Great Chesterford, Essex, dates from the 13th century. although most of ...
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All Saints, Ashdon, Essex (2/2) All Saints church has a number of apotropaic marks on its stonework. It has several ...
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All Saints, Ashdon, Essex (1/2) There are some churches, that, as soon as you enter them, you know you're going ...
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St Mary the Virgin, Little Easton, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin dates back to the 12th century ...
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St Mary the Virgin, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex St Mary the Virgin, Hatfield Broad Oak, was originally part of a ...
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Holy Trinity, Littlebury, Essex Holy Trinity church dates back to Norman times. The south and north doors are 12th century ...
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St Andrews, Helions Bumpstead, Essex St Andrew's in Helions Bumpstead is an unusually light church. In part this is due ...
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St Botolph's, Hadstock, Essex The current building of St Botolph's in the village of Hadstock dates back to 1020 when ...
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St Andrew, Bulmer, Essex The church of St Andrew in Bulmer dates to the 12th century. The north arcade in ...
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St Botolph, Beauchamp Roding, Essex The church of St Botolph stands high and alone on a ridge near the village ...
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St Andrew's, Wormingford, Essex Wormingford, in North Essex has its own version of the George and the Dragon story. In ...
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The Abbey Church of Holy Cross and St Lawrence, Waltham Abbey, Essex The Abbey Church of Holy Cross and St ...
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St Mary the Virgin, Little Sampford, Essex There are some churches where setting, exterior and interior combine to form a ...
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St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield dates back to the ...
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St Barnabas, Alphamstone, Essex The little village of Alphamstone is recorded in the Domesday Book, but there is archaeological evidence ...
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St Mary's, Stebbing, Essex (2/2) Stebbing church has several compass designs ranging from simple circles to elaborate daisy wheels with ...
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St Mary's Stebbing Essex (1/2) The light and airy church of St Mary the Virgin in the little village of ...
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St Katharine, Little Bardfield, Essex The tower of St Katharine is pre-Conquest, but the tower arch is 15th century and ...
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March Miscellany Welcome to this month's roundup of items of interest from the internet and twitter feeds. Pictures We have ...
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St Mary the Virgin, Moreton, Essex The church of St Mary stands on a mound to the east side of ...
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St Laurence, Ridgewell, Essex (2/2) St Laurence church has several compass drawn circle designs, including a very clear daisy wheel ...
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St Laurence, Ridgewell, Essex (1/2) The fine, light church of St Laurence has stood in the village of Ridgewell in ...
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St Mary's, Great Dunmow, Essex Great Dunmow, in Essex, is famous for its Flitch Trials, where married couples can win ...
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All Saints, Maldon, Essex The town of Maldon, of sea salt fame, has been a settlement on the Blackwater Estuary ...
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St Andrews, Halstead, Essex St Andrews church is in the centre of Halstead, a market town in Essex. The church ...
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St Nicholas, Castle Hedingham, Essex Castle Hedingham, despite being in Essex, was the ancestral home of the de Vere family, ...
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St John the Baptist, Pebmarsh, Essex The church of St John the Baptist, Essex, was built in the 14th century ...
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St Augustine of Canterbury, Birdbrook, Essex The main features of St Augustine of Canterbury in Birdbrook, Essex are the excellently ...
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St Mary the Virgin, Strethall, Essex There has been a church on this site since before the Domesday book was ...
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St Mary's Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex (3/3) The previous post for St Mary's Priory church at Little Dunmow in Essex ...
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St Mary's Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex (2/3) In the previous post of St Mary's Priory in Little Dunmow, we looked ...
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St Mary's Priory, Little Dunmow, Essex (1/3) St Mary's Priory, Little Dunmow is a strange church. The windows on the ...
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St Nicholas, Elmdon, Essex St Nicholas church in Elmdon Essex has a 15th century tower, but the rest of the ...
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St Mary the Virgin, Tilty, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin was originally the Chapel Outside the Gate ...
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St Mary the Virgin, High Easter, Essex The parish church of St Mary the Virgin in High Easter is a ...
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St Mary the Virgin, Manuden, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin lies as the heart of the village ...
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St Martin, Little Waltham, Essex The church of St Martin at Little Waltham dates back to the Normans, but was ...
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St Mary and St Clement, Clavering, Essex (4/4) The north arcade has a wide variety of graffiti and also holds ...
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St Mary and St Clement, Clavering, Essex (3/4) Rood-loft Stairs Doorway To the south side of the chancel arch is ...
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St Mary and St Clement, Clavering, Essex (2/4) South Arcade The south arcade of St Mary and St Clement has ...
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St Mary and St Clement, Clavering, Essex (1/4) The chancel of St Mary and St Clement was built in the ...
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St Andrews Church, Great Yeldham, Essex St Andrews church in Great Yeldham, Essex appears in Violet Pritchard's English Medieval Graffiti ...
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All Saints, Rickling, Essex All Saints Church, Rickling is an interesting church in more ways than one. For a start, ...
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Holy Cross, Felsted, Essex Holy Cross is a wide, light-filled church built in the 12th century with additions and alterations ...
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St Mary the Virgin, Lindsell, Essex This is a pretty, but odd-shaped church. It is wider than it is long ...
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St Mary the Virgin, Elsenham, Essex St Mary the Virgin is a charming church, close to Stansted Airport, out of ...
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St Peter & St Paul's Church, Foxearth, Essex St Peter and St Paul's Church in Foxearth presents some challenges to ...
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St Mary Church, Chickney, Essex The church of St Mary in Chickney, Essex is a Churches Conservation Trust church you ...
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St Mary the Virgin, Wendens Ambo, Essex The church of St Mary the Virgin in the wonderfully named village of ...
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