March 16th, 2018

Bulmer - Wickham St Paul - Castle Hedingham - Sible Hedingham - Wethersfield - Finchingfield - Great Bardfield - Little Bardfield - Thaxted
Debban - Newport - Wicken Bonhunt - Clavering - Arkesden - Wedens Ambo - Saffron Walden - Radwinter


St Andrew's Church, Bulmer	Octagonal font c.1500. Angels and shields on the bowl and woodwoses on the stem St Andrew's Church, Bulmer	Tiles on three levels leading to the altar St Andrew's Church, Bulmer	Queen Victoria Royal Coat of Arms St Andrew's Church, Bulmer


1. 'Raising of Jairus's Daughter', 'Adoration of the Shepherds', 'Mary 'Magdalene meets the Risen Christ' in Memory of Albert Edward Minter and his wife Ada, their daughter Marjorie and granddaughter Elizabeth. Window by Muriel Cooper, 1955 2. 'The Ascension' East window in Memory of Ellen Jane Raymond, wife of Edward Raymond d.1876 3. 'The Three Maries' in Memory of Peggy Redfern, (nee Minter), by Muriel Cooper, 1968 St Andrew's Church, Bulmer


All Saints Church, Wickham St Paul Church Micro 2265	St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham	Black marble Altar Tomb, c 1539 to John De Vere, Fifteenth Earl of Oxford and his Wife Elizabeth (nee Trussell) St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham	C15th, 6 bay Chancel Screen with trefoiled sub-cusped head, crocketed with finials and tracery St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham


Embroidered Screen depicting the styles and periods of architecture in Castle Hedingham. There are 39 buildings portrayed on the four screens. Panel one has the deVere coat of arms with Hedingham Castle at the top. Panel two is the Old Vicarage. This was built for the Unwin family in the C18th. Panel three shows the United reformed church Panel four is headed by St Nicholas' Church. It is a Norman church built around 1170 on the site of an earlier Saxon church St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham.


Model of St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham by Percy D. Brown, 1938. Scale : 1/2" to 12".	Monument to the First World War St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham	Misericord St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham	Tapestry stitch Kneeler St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham


1. Stained Glass Window in Memory of Francis Mary Twist d.1909 by Percy Bacon 2. 'Dorcas', 'St Nicholas' and 'St Luke the Evangelist' in Memory of John Bourne Bromley d.1925 and Marianne Bromley d.1922 by J. Wippell & Co. 1927 3. Apostles and Prophets - Matthew, Mark, Peter, Luke, John - Esaias, Jeremiah, Paul, Ezekiel, and Daniel by Percy Bacon 1890's St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham


Pulpit with Large Tester St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham.	Painted pipe organ by J.W. Walker & Sons Ltd., 1879 St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham	Black Marble Altar Tomb, c.1539 to John DeVere, Fifteenth Earl of Oxford and his Wife Elizabeth (nee Trussell) St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham	Baptismal Font is a memorial to Rev. Henry Lewis Majendie, d.1863 St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham	6 bay Nave with alternating circular and octagonal piers St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham


Carved Faces on the Chancel Screen St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham	C12th Wheel Window 1700 pieces of stained glass added during Victorian restoration St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham	Carved Faces on the Chancel Screen St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham


South Aisle Side Chapel with altar and C19th tessellated mosaic. St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham	Royal Coat of Arms, 1816-1837 St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham	C19th Romanesque-style Sedilia and Piscina St Nicholas Church, Castle Hedingham


St Peter's Church, Sible Hedingham Church Micro 2925	Model constructed from 200,000 matchsticks by Mr E. l. Rainer. Presented to the church in 1971 St Peter's Church, Sible Hedingham	Painted Reredos of Twelve Saints St Peter's Church, Sible Hedingham


1. Edward III Royal Coat of Arms 2. Tomb recess of the Condottiere Sir John Hawkwood, 1394 3. East Window in Memory of Agnes Margaret Margie Warburton d.1892 by Heaton, Butler & Bayne St Peter's Church, Sible Hedingham


Village Sign Wethersfield	St Mary Magdalene, Wethersfield Church Micro 2732	C15th, 11 bay Rood Screen St Mary Magdalene, Wethersfield


1. Window in Memory of Everard S. Marsh, killed at the Battle of Kandahar, Afganistan, 1880. Window by C.H. Champagneulle of Bar le Duc, Meuse, France 2. 'Crucifixion' East Window in Memory of Brigadier General Charles William Eric Gordon d.1857, buried in Reninghelst Cemetery, Ypres. Window by C H Champagneulle of Bar le Duc, Meuse, France 3. Window in Memory of Captain Charles Gordon killed at the Kashmir Gate, Delhi, 1908 and to his wife Charlotte d.1908 by Kempe & Tower 4. 'The Good Shepherd' and St Peter' in Memory of Rev. William Marsh d.1889 by Ward and Hughes 5. 'Blessed Virgin Mary', St Mary Magdaline' and 'St Mary Cleophas Commemorative window to the Bower family, 1876 St Mary Magdalene, Wethersfield


Altar Tomb with alabaster effigies of Henry Wentworth of Codham Hall, 1482; and Elizabeth (nee Howard), his first wife. He was the son of Sir Roger Wentworth and Margaret Despencer St Mary Magdalene, Wethersfield


Viewed from a distance St Mary Magdalene, Wethersfield	St John the Baptist, Finchingfield	Charles II Royal Coat of Arms, 1660 St John the Baptist, Finchingfield


Octagonal Font with carved angels. Quatrefoil panels with shields on the bowl St John the Baptist, Finchingfield	Detail of carved heads on the C14th oak chancel screen St John the Baptist, Finchingfield	The Berners Tomb Purbeck Marble Tomb of Elizabeth Berners d.1523, daughter of Simon Wiseman of Brantham St John the Baptist, Finchingfield


Memorial Brass to John and Elizabeth Berners St John the Baptist, Finchingfield	Wall Monument to Thomas Marriot, 1766 St John the Baptist, Finchingfield	Wall Plaque to Rev. Matthew Vaughan, d.1889 St John the Baptist, Finchingfield	Norman Archway St John the Baptist, Finchingfield


Hatchment of Samuel Ruggles, who married Sarah English of Bocking d.1828 St John the Baptist, Finchingfield	Hatchment of John Ruggles-Brise, of Spains Hall who married 1824, Catherine, daughter of John Haynes Harrison, of Copford Hall, d.1852 St John the Baptist, Finchingfield	Hatchment of Thomas Ruggles, of Spains Hall, deputy-lieutenant of Suffolk and Essex, d.1813 St John the Baptist, Finchingfield


Mosaic Tile Reredos St John the Baptist, Finchingfield	'Peace', 'Victory' and 'Rest' in Memory of William Buy Owen d.1895 and his wife Mary (nee Blacket) d.1877 St John the Baptist, Finchingfield	Painted Pipe Organ by A.T. Miller, Cambridge, 1896. Angel with trumpet carved by Bacon of London, 1900 St John the Baptist, Finchingfield


St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield Church Micro 2896	Late C14th Chancel Arch combined with a stone rood-screen. The screen was commissioned in 1377 by Edmund Mortimer, the grandson of Edward III St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield	Painted Pipe Organ by A.T. Miller of Cambridge, 1878. Organ case c.1840, designed by Pugin St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield	Altar Frontal and Reredos St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield


'St Margaret', 'St Agnes' and 'St Cecilia', in Memory of Adela Minna Lampet d.1873 St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield	'St Augustine', 'St Gregory' and 'King Ethelbert', in Memory of to Rev. Lionel Lampet, d.1921 St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield	'The Three Marys', in Memory of Amy Julia Lambert d.1876 St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield


Brass Wall Monument to William Bendlowes, 1584 St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield	'Incarnation' St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield	Drum shaped nonagonal Victorian oak pulpit with tester St Mary the Virgin, Great Bardfield


St Katherine's Church, Little Bardfield Church Micro 393	Organ by Miller, Cambridge 1864. Ornate C17th case with outer towers St Katherine's Church, Little Bardfield	WW1 Wall Memorial St Katherine's Church, Little Bardfield


1. St Catherine 2 'The Blessed Virgin Mary', 'Crucifixion'and 'St John the Evangelist', designed by R. Creed, 1909 3. Mary, mother of Jesus St Katherine's Church, Little Bardfield


Thaxted, Essex	Church of St John the Baptist, Thaxted Church Micro 1367	The largest church in the County of Essex Church of St John the Baptist, Thaxted


1. 'Edward IV', 'Prior of Stoke by Clare', 'Vicar of Thaxted', and 'Gilbert de Clare' by Gamon & Humphry, 1910 2. 'St Ambrose' and 'St Augustine' by C. E. Kempe 3. 'St George', 'St Thomas of Canterbury', 'St Anselm' and king Edmund' by C. E. Kempe, 1907 Church of St John the Baptist, Thaxted


C15th carved font case and cover Church of St John the Baptist, Thaxted	1680 pulpit with large tester Church of St John the Baptist, Thaxted	Pipe Organ by Henry Lincoln, London, 1821. Dark mahogany casework, with carved detail and gold leaf display pipes Church of St John the Baptist, Thaxted	Nave Door c.1400 Church of St John the Baptist, Thaxted


Floral Painted Wardrobe St John the Baptist, Thaxted	Painted Candelabra St John the Baptist, Thaxted	Wooden carved and painted eagle lectern St John the Baptist, Thaxted


Queen Anne Royal Coat of Arms St John the Baptist, Thaxted	Hatchment for Henry, 3rd Viscount Maynard, Lord Lieutenant and Vice-Admiral of Essex d.1865 St John the Baptist, Thaxted	C15th Carved Screen St John the Baptist, Thaxted


Carved Bench End c.1640 St John the Baptist, Thaxted	Brass of Robert Wydow of Wedow, vicar of Thaxted 1481-1489 St John the Baptist, Thaxted	Carved Bench End c.1640 St John the Baptist, Thaxted


A view of John Webb's Windmill along the line of almhouses. Known as the 'Chantry' and built as a Priest's House, they later became almshouses Thaxted	An Old English Sheep Dog St John the Baptist, Thaxted	We had lunch in the back porch of St John the Baptist, Thaxted


View of St John the Baptist and the windmill from across the fields Thaxted	John Webb's Windmill is a Tower Mill built in 1804 Thaxted	View from a distance of St John the Baptist, Thaxted


St Mary the Virgin and All Saints, Debden


Coade Stone Font designed by Richard Holland, 1786 St Mary the Virgin and All Saints, Debden


'Crucifixion' By Gibbs & Howard, c.1900 St Mary the Virgin and All Saints, Debden	George III Royal Coat of Arms St Mary the Virgin and All Saints, Debden	Tomb of Richard Chiswell of Debden Hall, 1797, built to a design by John Carter St Mary the Virgin and All Saints, Debden


St Mary the Virgin, Newport	C19th Pulpit St Mary the Virgin, Newport


1. 'Philip and the Eunuch' erected to mark the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, by Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1887 2. 'Suffer the Little Children' by Heaton, Butler & Bayne 3. 'Threshing Floor of Araunah the Jebusite' by Heaton, Butler & Bayne, 1891 St Mary the Virgin, Newport


'Pelican in Piety' (detail) by Lavers, Barraud & Westlake c.1870 St Mary the Virgin, Newport	'Lamb of God' (detail) by Lavers, Barraud & Westlake c.1870 St Mary the Virgin, Newport	'St Matthew' (detail) by Lavers, Barraud & Westlake c.1870 St Mary the Virgin, Newport


St Margaret's Church, Wicken Bonhunt	St Helen's Chapel, Wicken Bonhunt Church Micro 5905	St Mary and St Clement, Clavering Church Micro 2957 DNF


Wall Monument to the two wives of Haynes Barlee. Mary d.1653 and Margaret d.1658 St Mary and St Clement, Clavering	Wall Monument to Will Barlee d.1610, Elizabeth Barlee d.1619 and John Barlee d.1633 St Mary and St Clement, Clavering	Wall Monument to Rev. John Smith, 1616 St Mary and St Clement, Clavering	Monumental Brass to Joane Day, 1593 St Mary and St Clement, Clavering	C17th Carved Pulpit on a C15th stem St Mary and St Clement, Clavering


1. 'Suffer the Little Children' in Memory of Window to Ellen Beadle, d.1917 wife of Charles Beadle and their daughters Ellen Hart & Ethel Mary West who predeceased her 2. St Mary the Virgin, Arkesden 3. 'St Alban', 'The Blessed Virgin Mary' and 'St Michael' East Window by William Lawson, 1929 St Mary the Virgin, Arkesden


Wall Memorial to John Withers and his wife, 1692 by sculptor Edward Pierce St Mary the Virgin, Arkesden	'The Priest' John Croxby dressed in cassock and surplice, was vicar of Arkesden from 1435-1456 St Mary the Virgin, Arkesden	'The Cutte Monument' Richard Cutte and his wife, 1592 St Mary the Virgin, Arkesden


St Mary the Virgin, Wendens Ambo	Chamber Organ with mahogany panels, decorated in gold by C.E. Mothersole, c.1780 St Mary the Virgin, Wendens Ambo	Monumental Brass of Sir William Lovenay c.1415 St Mary the Virgin, Wendens Ambo	A drawing of the C14th Wall Painting depicting the story of St Margaret of Antioch. Drawing by E.W. Tristram, 1934 St Mary the Virgin, Wendens Ambo


1. 'Crucifixion' C16th Flemish Roundel 2. 'The Prodigal Son' by Clayton & Bell, 1888 3. 'St Mark' C16th Flemish roundel St Mary the Virgin, Wendens Ambo


Audley End House and Gardens Formerly the family seat of the Lords Braybrooke. Early C17th country house outside Saffron Walden, Essex


Village Cottages, Wendens Ambo	Village Square, Saffron Walden


Town Hall, Saffron Walden	Saffron Walden Literary and Scientific Institute founded in 1832, renamed Saffron Walden Town Library in 1967	Large C15th Hall House at the corner of King Street and Cross Street, Saffron Walden


St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden Church Micro 1617 DNF	54ft high Nave St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden	Organ built in 1824 by John Vincent. Incorporates an En chamade, or fan trumpet St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden


1. 'St Alban', 'St Helena', 'St Etheldreda', and 'St Edmund' in Memory of Mary Maria Tuke d.1911 by James Powell & Sons 2. Temporance, Prudence, Justice and fortitude in Memory of Doctor Harold William Atkinson d.1908 by James Powell & Sons 3. Righteousness, Hospitality, Charity and Faith, in Memory of Mary Atkinson d.1916 by James Powell & Sons 4.'Chenaniah', 'Heman', 'Jebuthun' and 'Asaph' in Memory of the church organist John Thomas Frye d.1884 by James Powell & Sons St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden

'Nativity' East Window in Memory of
Charles Cornwallis Neville, 5th Baron Braybrooke, 1902
by Burlison & Grylls

St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden


Victorian Reredos with Jesus in the centre, flanked by the four Evangelists St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden	Charles II Royal Coat of Arms St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden	"Magnificat" by Tessa Hawkes, 2014. St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden


A civilian and his wife, c.1510. The man wears a fur-trimmed gown. The lady wears a waist girdle with long pendant ends and a coverchief headdress St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden	Civilian, wearing a loose sleeved doublet, with tight wrist bands In the right arm he supports a large, thick, double clasped book, 1530 St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden	Two ladies both with butterfly headresses and a plain tight-fitting low necked gown, fur trimmed at the neck, 1480 St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden


Pargeting on building, 1676 Saffron Walden	Charlie standing under the overhang of a pargetted building, Saffron Walden	Pargetted Post Office, Radwinter


Village Sign Radwinter	Charlie and Gillian standing in the C14th south porch of St Mary the Virgin, Radwinter	St Mary the Virgin, Radwinter Church Micro 1771

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