Easthorpe, Essex
| Easthorpe | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Cottage in Easthorpe | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL912214 |
| Location: | 51°51’32"N, 0°46’35"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Colchester |
| Postcode: | CO5 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Colchester |
Easthorpe is a small village in Essex. It stands on the course of an old Roman road.
The village is alone in the Essex countryside. To the north-east is Colchester, while villages around include Marks Tey, Copford and Copford Green. The main A12 road and Marks Tey railway station are nearby.
In 1931 the parish had a population of 113.
Parish church
The parish church is St Mary The Virgin, which is part of the Thurstable and Winstree Churches group.[1]
The church is ancient. The dedication is first recorded in 1427. The church is built of mixed materials, with Roman brick in the dressings. The nave and west end of the chancel, which originally had an apse, are 12th century and of that period are all or part of five windows and north and south nave doorways. In the 13th century the apse was destroyed and the chancel lengthened: it has an east triplet of lancet windows, sedilia and a piscina. In the 15th century the porch, reconstructed in 1910, and a stoup were added, as was a rood loft from which rood-stair doorways remain.
The church was extensively restored in 1910-11 by F Hutton of Birch. The walls were repaired, a new roof was constructed, the tower was straightened and the north doorway was reopened.[2]
About the village
The grand house here is Easthorpe Hall.
Well Cottage and St Mary's Grange are noted buildings.
Outside links
- A History of the County of Essex - Volume 10 pp 198-200: Easthorpe: Introduction (Victoria County History)
- Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Essex, 1954; 1965; 2007 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09601-9
References
- ↑ St Mary The Virgin, Easthorpe: Thurstable and Winstree Churches
- ↑ St Mary’s, Easthorpe: A Church Near You
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