Elmstead, Essex
Parish Church of St Anne and St Lawrence
The Church of England parish church is dedicated to Saint Anne. The main parts of the church have been dated to around 1310; a South Chapel was added about 20 years later. The early 14th-century tower rises one and a half storeys and was never completed. The south wall of the chancel has a squint or leper window; these were popularly supposed to have been used by people infected by leprosy to receive Holy Communion; their exact purpose is unknown. On the sill of the east window is an oak effigy of a knight perhaps depicting Lawrence de Tany, who died in 1317.
Nearby settlements
Nearby settlements include the city of Colchester, the town Wivenhoe and the villages of Alresford and Elmstead Market.
Transport
For transport there is the A120 road and the A133 road nearby.
References
- ^ "Check Browser Settings". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ^ An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume 3: North East (1922), Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, (pp. 94-96 Elmstead), Date Accessed:14 November 2014.
- ^ Curl, James Stevens (1999), A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9 (pp. 441 & 459)
- ^ "I/Mb 132/1/5 Photograph: Oak Effigy, perhaps of Lawrence de Tany, died 1317, in Elmstead Church". seax.essexcc.gov.uk. Essex Record Office. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- A-Z Essex (page 167)
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