All Saints Churchyard
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All Saints Churchyard

Nazeing, Epping Forest District, Essex, England

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Nazeing is one of the largest parishes in Essex and a church has stood on this land for over a thousand years. The Parish has two churches: All Saints and St Giles.

All Saints's history dates back to earliest Christian times, when a religious house was established in Nazeing led by the Abbess Fymme. She was most likely an Anglo-Saxon, high-born woman, who may have been among those in the Anglo Saxon royal household who were converted by the missionary bishop Cedd.

The first church in the parish is believed to have been erected on the site of All Saints Church at the end of the sixth century, and was a plain oblong building, earth floored and with a thatched roof. The church on the site now standing dates from the 11th century. Over the ensuing centuries the building has been added to, repaired and rebuilt as time and the weathers' relentless onslaught has weakened it.

The current building is structure number three on this site. Six years prior to the Norman invasion in 1066 part of the nave of the present building was erected and in the 14th century as the congregation grew, the North Aisle and Chancel were added to the old Norman nave. Many additions followed and there were major rebuilds in the 12th and again in the 15th centuries. The unending task continues and two further major restorations were carried out in 1874 and 1890. The most recent work being the Pilgrim room, added in 1999.


Nazeing is one of the largest parishes in Essex and a church has stood on this land for over a thousand years. The Parish has two churches: All Saints and St Giles.

All Saints's history dates back to earliest Christian times, when a religious house was established in Nazeing led by the Abbess Fymme. She was most likely an Anglo-Saxon, high-born woman, who may have been among those in the Anglo Saxon royal household who were converted by the missionary bishop Cedd.

The first church in the parish is believed to have been erected on the site of All Saints Church at the end of the sixth century, and was a plain oblong building, earth floored and with a thatched roof. The church on the site now standing dates from the 11th century. Over the ensuing centuries the building has been added to, repaired and rebuilt as time and the weathers' relentless onslaught has weakened it.

The current building is structure number three on this site. Six years prior to the Norman invasion in 1066 part of the nave of the present building was erected and in the 14th century as the congregation grew, the North Aisle and Chancel were added to the old Norman nave. Many additions followed and there were major rebuilds in the 12th and again in the 15th centuries. The unending task continues and two further major restorations were carried out in 1874 and 1890. The most recent work being the Pilgrim room, added in 1999.


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