All Saints Church, Fordham

All Saints Church
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51°55′05″N 0°48′05″E / 51.91792°N 0.80132°E / 51.91792; 0.80132
LocationFordham, Essex, CO6 3NL
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipConservative Evangelical
Websitefordhamchurch.org.uk
History
StatusActive
DedicationAll Saints
Architecture
Functional statusParish Church
Heritage designationGrade 1 listed
Designated7 April 1965
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Chelmsford
ArchdeaconryArchdeaconry of Colchester
DeaneryColchester
ParishFordham
Clergy
RectorThe Revd Francis Blight

All Saints Church is a Church of England parish church in Fordham, Essex. The church is a Grade I listed building.[1]

History

All Saints' Anglican Church dates from about 1340. It was restored in 1861. There was also a chapel of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion in the village in the 19th century.[2]

Among the past rectors of the parish of Fordham was Roger Walden (died 1406), who was briefly Archbishop of Canterbury and then Bishop of London.[3] The noted classical scholar Thomas Twining, a member of the tea-merchant family, held the curacy of the church from 1764 until his death in 1804.[4]

Present day

All Saints Church is the parish church of Fordham and is part of the Diocese of Chelmsford. On 7 April 1965, the church was designated a Grade I listed building.[1]

All Saints Church is within the Conservative Evangelical tradition of the Church of England, and it has passed resolutions that reject the ordination of women.[5]

  • All Saints Church
    All Saints Church
  • Church tower
    Church tower

References

  1. ^ a b "CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS". historicengland.org.uk/listing. Historic England. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  2. ^ A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ^ Pat Lewis: All Saints Church, Fordham, Essex. Notes on the Rectors, 2009 Retrieved 2 June 2018.; Fryde Handbook of British Chronology, p. 233.
  4. ^ ODNB entry: Retrieved 26 June 2011. Subscription required.
  5. ^ "Christmas 2016 Newsletter" (PDF). bishopofmaidstone.org. December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.