Elmstead
| Elmstead | |
| Essex | |
|---|---|
 Elmstead Church | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°52’26"N, 0°58’30"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,855 (2011) |
| Post town: | Colchester |
| Postcode: | CO7 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Tendring |
Elmstead is a village and parish in the Tendring hundred of Essex. In 2001 the population of the civil parish was 1,898,[1] decreasing to 1,855 at the 2011 Census.[2]
Parish Church
The Church of England parish church is dedicated to Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary and Saint Lawrence of Rome, a leader of the Early Church and a martyr. The main parts of the church have been dated to around 1310; a South Chapel was added about 20 years later. The early 14th century tower only rises one and a half stories and was never completed. The south wall of the chancel has a squint or "leper window";[3] these were popularly supposed to have been used by people infected by leprosy to receive Holy Communion; however, their exact purpose is unknown.[4] On the sill of East window, there is an oak effigy of knight in chainmail armour with a pointed bascinet helmet,[3] perhaps depicting Lawrence de Tany, who died 1317.[5]
Nearby settlements
Nearby settlements include the towns of Colchester and Wivenhoe and the villages of Alresford and Elmstead Market.
References
- ↑ http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=794637&c=elmstead&d=16&e=15&g=447054&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1308856571788&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11123182&c=CO7+7AD&d=16&e=62&g=6426242&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1443193142178&enc=1. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume 3: North East (1922), Royal Commission on Historical Monuments, (pp. 94-96 Elmstead), Date Accessed:14 November 2014.
- ↑ Curl, James Stevens (1999), A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860678-9 (pp. 441 & 459)
- ↑ "I/Mb 132/1/5 Photograph: Oak Effigy, perhaps of Lawrence de Tany, died 1317, in Elmstead Church". Essex Record Office. http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/Result_Details.aspx?DocID=304496. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
