Elmstead, Essex
Parish Church of St Anne and St Lawrence
The Church of England parish church is dedicated to Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary and Saint Lawrence of Rome, a leader of the Early Church and a martyr. 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 only 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; however, their exact purpose is unknown. On the sill of East window, there is an oak effigy of knight in chainmail armour with a pointed bascinet helmet, perhaps depicting Lawrence de Tany, who died in 1317. The Church provides Sunday Services and a children's Sunday School, and is available for use as a wedding venue. The listed building is surrounded by a small cemetery.
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
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "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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