St Mary's Church, Chadwell St Mary

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Church of St Mary
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51°28′53″N 0°22′10″E / 51.4815°N 0.3695°E / 51.4815; 0.3695Coordinates: 51°28′53″N 0°22′10″E / 51.4815°N 0.3695°E / 51.4815; 0.3695
LocationLinford Road/Chadwell Hill, Chadwell St Mary, Essex, RM16 4DJ
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
Previous denominationRoman Catholic Church
ChurchmanshipConservative Evangelical
WebsiteParish website
History
StatusActive
Architecture
Functional statusParish church
Heritage designationGrade I listed
Designated8 February 1960
Administration
ParishChadwell
DeaneryThurrock
ArchdeaconryArchdeaconry of Southend
Episcopal areaBradwell Episcopal Area
DioceseDiocese of Chelmsford
Clergy
RectorThe Revd Mike Walton

The Church of St Mary is a Church of England parish church in Chadwell St Mary, Thurrock, Essex. The church is a Grade I listed building.[1] Together with Emmanuel Church, it forms the Parish of Chadwell St Mary in the Diocese of Chelmsford.[2]

History[]

The original Chadwell parish church was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and this is the source of the suffix "St Mary" in the modern name. It is a grade I listed building located at the crossroads overlooking the marshes. There was a church in Chadwell before the Norman conquest. The present church has a number of Norman features and probably dates to the 12th century. The tower was built in the early 16th century.[3] The church contains an early memorial brass to Cicilye Owen (died 1603), the wife of Thomas Owen of London, who was a merchant tailor. The church has an extension on the south that was built at the beginning of the 20th century.

Present day[]

On 8 February 1960, St Mary's Church was designated a Grade I listed building.[1]

The parish is within the Conservative Evangelical tradition of the Church of England, and it has passed resolutions to show that it rejects the ordination of women.[4]

Notable graves and memorials[]

On the north side of the church is a war memorial to eight of Chadwell's dead from the World War I. In 2006, five names of World War II dead were added to this memorial.[5]

Close to the church is the gravestone of Elizabeth Manning. When she died in 1805, her will was contested and this led to a landmark ruling that has been quoted frequently over the years.

Among the other stones in Chadwell churchyard there is a memorial to Kadzuo Yamazaki (or Kazuo Yamazaki), a 22-year-old Japanese naval officer. He died on 13 July 1899 in a fire on board the SS Kawachi Maru, while she was in Tilbury docks.[6] The stone has an inscription in both English and Japanese.

Gallery[]

  • St Mary's Church

  • The gravestone of Elizabeth Manning in Chadwell churchyard

  • Gravestone of

See also[]

  • List of Conservative Evangelical Anglican churches in England

References[]

  1. ^ a b "CHURCH OF ST MARY". historicengland.org.uk/listing. Historic England. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Find us". chadwellparishchurch.org.uk. Chadwell St Mary's Parish Churches. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  3. ^ Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England Essex
  4. ^ "Christmas 2016 Newsletter" (pdf). bishopofmaidstone.org. December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  5. ^ UK National Inventory of War Memorials
  6. ^ Panorama – The Journal of the Thurrock Local History Society, Number 35, p47

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