April 16th, 2018

Middleton - Great Henny - Lamarsh - Alphamstone - Pebmarsh - Little Maplestead - Great Maplestead - Halstead
Greenstead Green - Colne Engaine - Earls Colne - White Colne
Wakes Colne - Chappel - Aldham - Great Tey - Little Tey - Marks Tey - Fordham - Wormingford


All Saints Church, Middleton Church Micro 2114	All Saints Church, Middleton	Painted Pipe Organ by J.W. Walker of London, 1852 All Saints Church, Middleton


1. 'The Annunciation' Oil on canvas by Andrea Schiavone, 1882 2. Incised Slab of James Samson dressed in vestments, rector died in 1349 3. Gilt Reredos depicting 'The Last Supper' in Memory of Oliver Raymond d.1889 All Saints Church, Middleton


St Mary's Church, Great Henny Church Micro 1634	Monumental Brass of William and Anne Fyscher with 6 sons and 9 daughters, c.1530 St Mary's Church, Great Henny	Altar Frontal St Mary's Church, Great Henny


Church of the Holy Innocents, Lamarsh Church Micro 2803	10 bay, C15th Rood Screen Church of the Holy Innocents, Lamarsh	Altar and Tiled Reredos Church of the Holy Innocents, Lamarsh


1. Church of St Barnabas, Alphamstone Church Micro 726 2. George II Royal Coat of Arms, 1743. 3. C12th Square Bowl Font of Purbeck Marble with C17th domed oak cover Church of St Barnabas, Alphamstone


St John the Baptist, Pebmarsh Church Micro 682 DNF	Altar St John the Baptist, Pebmarsh	George I Royal Coat of Arms St John the Baptist, Pebmarsh


1. Coat of Arms of Elizabeth Coke, 2nd daughter, of John Duke of Colchester, Elizabeth died in childbirth, 1645 2. C19th Octagonal Font 3. Monumental Brass of Sir William Fitzralph, c.1323 St John the Baptist, Pebmarsh


Village Sign Pebmarsh	St John the Baptist, Pebmarsh	Village Sign Pebmarsh, displaying the brass of Sir William Fitzralph, c.1323


St John the Baptist, Little Maplestead Originally a Knights Hospitallers Chapel, c.1340 Church Micro 489	Tiled Floor and Painted Ceiling of St John the Baptist, Little Maplestead	Lunchtime St John the Baptist, Little Maplestead


1. St Giles Church, Great Maplestead Church Micro 719 2. The Deane Chapel. Alabaster effigy of Sir John Deane, d.1625. A muzzled bear at his feet and above are kneeling figures of his widow, 2 sons and 4 daughters 3. The Deane Chapel. Effigy of Anne Drury, wife of Sir John Deane d.1633. Alabaster effigy of Anne's son, Sir Dru Deane d.1634. His head rests on matting and his feet rest on a muzzled bear St Giles Church, Great Maplestead


St Andrew's Church, Halstead Church Micro 4204	1413 Chancel Roof and 1893 Reredos by Sir Arthur Blomfield St Andrew's Church, Halstead	Purbeck marble slab with a Brass of Bartholomew, 3rd lord Bourchier d. 1409. On the left, his first wife Margaret Sutton and on the right, his second wife Idonea Lovey


Chancel decoration completed in 1899 by Sir Arthur Blomfield St Andrew's Church, Halstead	Reredos, 1893 by Sir Arthur Blomfield St Andrew's Church, Halstead	Chancel decoration completed in 1899 by Sir Arthur Blomfield St Andrew's Church, Halstead


1. Tomb chests with effigies of John de Bourchier, Justice of the Kings Bench, d.1328 and his wife Helen of Colchester, daughter of Walter de Colchester. The lower part of the tomb belonged to Robert Lord Bourchier, first Chancellor of England in 1340 and fought with Prince Edward at the battle of Crecy in 1346. Robert died of the Black Death in 1349. His wife Margaret was daughter of Sir Thomas Prayers of Sible Hedingham 2. The canopied C15th chalk tomb belonging to John 2nd lord Bourchier, d.1400 and his second wife Elizabeth Coggeshall 3. Close up of John 2nd lord Boeurchier and his wife Elizabeth Coggeshall St Andrew's Church, Halstead


St Francis of Assisi, Halstead Church Micro 4319	Tulips Halstead Cemetery Chapel	Magnolia in the garden of the Old Schoolhouse, Greenstead Green


St James the Great, Greenstead Green Church Micro 723	Victorian Chancel Screen St James the Great, Greenstead Green	Altar from left : St Andrew, St Matthew, St Mark, Christ in Majesty, St Luke, St John and St James St James the Great, Greenstead Green


Octagonal Font with a crenellated and crocketed wooden cover St James the Great, Greenstead Green	Church Model St James the Great, Greenstead Green	Octagonal Stone Pulpit with statuettes of Christ and the Evangelist St James the Great, Greenstead Green


St Andrew's Church, Colne Engaine Church Micro 722	St Andrew's Church, Earls Colne Church Micro 721	St Andrew's Church, White Colne Church Micro 1611 DNF


Village Sign, Wakes Colne Church Micro 681	Church of St Barnabas, Chappel Church Micro 683	George II Royal Coat of Arms, 1742 Church of St Barnabas, Chappel


Chappel Viaduct	Chappel Viaduct carries the Gainsborough Line, a short branch linking Marks Tey in Essex to Sudbury in Suffolk	Village Sign Aldham


St Margaret and St Catherine, Aldham Church Micro 1929	St Barnabus Church, Great Tey Church Micro 1109	George IV Royal Coat of Arms, by Joseph Wallis, Ironworks St Barnabus Church, Great Tey


Altar Frontal on a C17th Communion Table St Barnabus Church, Great Tey	C16th ‘Armada’ Chest St Barnabus Church, Great Tey	The Barn Brasserie, Great Tey. C16th Thatched Barn. Wedding Venue and Fine Dining


St James the Less, Little Tey Church Micro 1177	Interior of church showing numerous C13th and C14th Wall Paintings St James the Less, Little Tey	Wall Painting of St Christopher St James the Less, Little Tey


St Andrew's Church, Marks Tey Church Micro 1106	Wooden Font c.1500 St Andrew's Church, Marks Tey	All Saints Church, Fordham Church Micro 694


St Andrew's Church, Wormingford Church Micro 4236	Carved Eagle Lectern by Samuel Joliffe Tufnell in 1949 St Andrew's Church, Wormingford	Stone and Alabaster Reredos displaying the figures of St Andrew and St Alban St Andrew's Church, Wormingford


1. Memorial Brass of a man identified as either Thomas Bowden or Radus Rydale, c.1460 2. Reverse engraving of a civilian and his two wives 3. Memorial Brass of a civilian and his two wives, c.1590 4. Royal Coat of Arms St Andrew's Church, Wormingford


Charlie finds the cache	Another Church Micro in the bag

April 16th, 2018 continued

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