Essex Heritage Guide - Historic Churches

This picturesque 12th-century country church was once a gate chapel for Tilty Abbey. Partial ruins of the abbey stand in a field beside the church, which features a beautiful traceried east window and a pair of 13th-century grave slabs. The chancel roof retains original 12th-century timbers.
Tilty Church Road, Tilty, Essex, England, CM6 2EG

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Heritage Highlight: 13th-century grave slabs and 12th-century timber roof

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Now encroached upon by the ever-widening sprawl of urban Basildon, the simple country church of Vange dates to the Norman period and is the oldest church in Basildon.
London Road, Vange, Essex, England, SS16 4PX

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There has been a church here since the early 7th century. King Harold founded a college of canons here, and he is said to be buried before the high altar. The nave features superb Romanesque architecture. There is a 15th-century Doom painting in the Lady Chapel and a fabulous Elizabethan tomb to Sir Edward Denny.
Highbridge Street, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, EN9 1XQ

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Heritage Highlight: Grave site of King Harold, Norman nave

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A lovely country church with late Saxon features and Roman bricks incorporated in a Norman structure. Historical features include a medieval brass to Sir John Lovenoy, excellent stained glass, 14th-century wall painting, 15th-century screen, and an unusual nine-sided pulpit from 1500.
Church Path, Wendens Ambo, Essex, England, CB11 4JZ

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Heritage Highlight: Medieval brass, wall paintings, and bench end carvings

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A Saxon church set apart from its village, beside a Georgian manor house. The oldest part of the church is the north door, now blocked up, which predates the Norman Conquest. The door has a carved tympanum that may date to an even earlier building on the site. The north wall itself has been dated to around AD 1000.
Hall Road, West Bergholt, Essex, England, CO6 3DU

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St Andrew's is one of a pair of churches sharing the same churchyard in Willingale village. It was built to serve the parish of Willingale Spain, while the later church of St Christopher was built to serve Willingale Doe. St Andrew's is by far the older, dating to the Norman period, and it incorporates Roman bricks throughout.
The Street, Willingale, Essex, England, CM5 0SJ

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A 12th-century church with re-used Roman bricks in the tower. There are 15th and 16th-century brasses under the tower and medieval graffiti on the nave columns. 14th-century chancel arch, piscina and sedilia, and a 15th-century screen.
Church Road, Wormingford, Essex, England, CO6 3AZ

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Heritage Highlight: Partly built with Roman bricks, featuring medieval brasses

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