chickney squints 1280

essex churches

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great leighs tower c.1150

great leighs tower c.1150

01 Nov 2009 186
larger than normal round tower; I've yet to find this church unlocked and there's no sign of a key. selfish, I think.
inworth double splay c.1060

inworth double splay c.1060

01 Nov 2009 198
Saxon windows splay both inside and out, unlike norman, though both seem to like the pudding stone seen in this chancel. It was thought to be magical.
strethall

strethall

01 Nov 2009 169
The chancel arch here dates from the change from saxon to norman, say 1070.
barking abbey c12 rood essex c.1160, christ crucified on a green cross, with mourning mary and john seen against lattice work on a facetted background, all carved in relief onto squared blocks.

barking abbey c12 rood essex c.1160, christ crucif…

04 Nov 2009 296
chelmsford scatalogical tile

chelmsford scatalogical tile

23 Oct 2009 190
These tiles inc. the one with a man shitting in a beast's mouth came from the site of the dominican friary in chelmsford. Incidently, the museum that these are now in here is really cool, well worth a visit.
easthorpe sheela-na-gig

easthorpe sheela-na-gig

25 Oct 2009 244
Prob. dating from the early C12th, this sheela from Easthorpe church now resides in Colchester castle. Such figures were more likely warnings against lust than fertility symbols. it is extremely rare for any to be inscribed as this one is; the term "sheela" being a modern invention.
stansted lion on c14 tomb

stansted lion on c14 tomb

11 Oct 2009 245
stansted knight

stansted knight

11 Oct 2009 298
effigy from chantry chapel c.1300
stansted tomb 1631

stansted tomb 1631

11 Oct 2009 182
An angel from the Middleton tomb; a change from the more secular virtues or liberal arts that people most swagger tombs of the time
stansted tomb 1614

stansted tomb 1614

11 Oct 2009 191
Hester Salusbury was the daughter of Sir Thomas Middleton, so her parents lie near her and are shown on their own tomb in the chancel
stansted C13th head

stansted C13th head

11 Oct 2009 211
Female head stop in chancel showing mid C13th fashion in hats, head may be carved in clunch, a type of easily cut chalk
stansted tomb 1614

stansted tomb 1614

11 Oct 2009 197
An escutcheon from the Salusbury tomb showing the arms [literally!] of the passion, unusual for such a date. Poss. by the egregious Epiphanius Evesham
stansted capital c.1200

stansted capital c.1200

11 Oct 2009 187
still Norman enough to have a square abacus, but sprouting proto E.E. foliage.somewhat akin to that in st.frideswide's oxford
stansted mountfitchet font

stansted mountfitchet font

11 Oct 2009 191
font C12th, cover C.17th
rickling rood screen

rickling rood screen

11 Oct 2009 207
Little columns complete with bases and shaft rings show Dec. carpenters still thinking lithically, as if in stone,in this early chancel screen
rickling screen

rickling screen

11 Oct 2009 213
C14th forged hinge on door of rood screen: the congregation spent little time in the chancel which was the domain and concern of the priest; the doors were bolted shut generally.
clavering knight C13th

clavering knight C13th

11 Oct 2009 279
A nice detail is the way the mail coif is wrapped around his chin.
rickling interior

rickling interior

11 Oct 2009 192
Chunky quatrefoil pier design popular in the N.W. of Essex c.1300, here framing a view towards the chancel arch and its early C14th screen
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