chickney squints 1280

essex churches


Folder: english churches by county

nazeing church

20 May 2012 142
detail of the bury family tomb of 1824

nazeing church

20 May 2012 148
c18 gravestone of ambrose chandler

nazeing church

20 May 2012 144
c18 gravestone, to ambrose chandler

nazeing church

20 May 2012 157
c18 gravestone, alice chandler, 1758

nazeing church

20 May 2012 154
c18 gravestone with cherubs and skull

nazeing church

20 May 2012 140
early coffin lids and tiles on edge form the floor of the inviting porch, the promise of which is belied by the locked door.

nazeing church

20 May 2012 144
on the south face of the tower is this sundial signed by "BW" 2010

nazeing church

20 May 2012 100
c15 north aisle added to the norman nave

nazeing church

20 May 2012 130
patterns in vitrified brickwork on the south side of the early c16 tower, rising from a froth of cow parsley

nazeing church

20 May 2012 125
the church is set at the end of a lane, looking down over beautiful countryside. the brick tower is c16, the norman nave is lit by windows of the c13, c14 and c15. the church was locked.

nazeing church

20 May 2012 120
c16 brick tower amongst sprays of hawthorn and umbelliferous cow parsley in the nicely overgrown churchyard

nazeing church

20 May 2012 112
the church is set at the end of a lane, looking down over beautiful countryside. the brick tower is c16, the church locked.

stratford church

24 May 2012 181
the restored railings are copied from blore railings at leytonstone

stratford church

24 May 2012 138
s.w.tower of blore's commissioners' church, stock brick gothic of 1832-4

stratford church

24 May 2012 131
blore's splay foot spire is ornate for commissioners' gothic of 1832-4, the church costing much more than most at over 7k.

stratford church

24 May 2012 140
blore's church is fairly solid for commissioners' gothic of 1832-4, building up into a nice crescendo on the west front

stratford church

24 May 2012 131
the chancel was extended in 1884,the metal screen is very early c20. why must modern banners have no beauty or artistry,just polemic and propaganda ? some sort of evangelical triumph of the word over the icon ?

stratford church

24 May 2012 103
depictions of archangels on the east wall of the chancel of 1884. one dressed as a pilgrim holding fish,the other holds the last trump.