Easthorpe, Essex
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Easthorpe is a small village in the Colchester
District, in the English
county of Essex
in the East of England
. Easthorpe is on an old Roman road. Nearby settlements include the large town of Colchester
and the villages of Marks Tey
, Copford
and Copford Green
. Easthorpe also has a place of worship. For transport there is the main A12 road (England) and Marks Tey railway station
nearby.
St Edmund. Nicely placed with a timber-framed house opposite and Easthorpe Hall a little to the west. Small church with nave and chancel under one roof. Belfry. Essentially Norman - see the west window high up, and several north and south windows and indications of windows as well as plain doorways. The Norman church had an apse. Of this the beginning is exposed on the south side. The chancel is an alteration of the C13. It has good sedilia with two pointed trefoiled arches on shafts and three widely spaced stepped lancet windows with internal dogtooth ornamentation. Some C14 windows were inserted to give more light. In addition there is a quatrefoil 'low side window' leading to a recess in the south wall. - PAINTING. Mid C13 figures in the jambs and splay of one south window: Resurrectionand Angels. - STAINED GLASS. Christ preaching, German or Swiss, c1530 (south window). - PLATE. Late C16 Cup and Paten, remodelled.
EASTHORPE HALL was built in the C15 with central hall and cross wings. The wing north of the hall block is C17.
WELL COTTAGE opposite the church may well be late C15. Both houses have remains of original roofs inside.
ST MARY'S GRANGE 1/4 mile east of the church has avC15 west wing with cambered tie beams inside, but the main block is C17 and C18 rebuilding.
Colchester (borough)
Colchester is a local government district and borough in Essex, England, the district is named after its main town, Colchester. The borough covers an area of and stretches from Dedham Vale on the Suffolk border in the north to Mersea Island on the Colne Estuary in the south.The borough was formed...
District, in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
in the East of England
East of England
The East of England is one of the nine official regions of England. It was created in 1994 and was adopted for statistics from 1999. It includes the ceremonial counties of Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Essex has the highest population in the region.Its...
. Easthorpe is on an old Roman road. Nearby settlements include the large town of Colchester
Colchester
Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...
and the villages of Marks Tey
Marks Tey
Marks Tey is a large village in Essex, England located six miles west of Colchester.Marks Tey railway station is on the Great Eastern Main Line, and is a junction for the Sudbury Branch Line to Sudbury...
, Copford
Copford
Copford is a village and civil parish in Essex, England west of Colchester. The hamlet of Copford Green is found a short distance to the south. The poet Matthew Arnold noted he was struck by "the deeply rural character of the village and neighbourhood."...
and Copford Green
Copford Green
Copford Green is a hamlet within the parish of Copford in Essex, England. It is near the A12 and A120 roads, and is south west of Colchester....
. Easthorpe also has a place of worship. For transport there is the main A12 road (England) and Marks Tey railway station
Marks Tey railway station
Marks Tey is a railway station serving the village of Marks Tey in Essex, England. The station is located on the Great Eastern Main Line and is also a junction for the Sudbury Branch Line.The station is served by National Express East Anglia...
nearby.
St Edmund. Nicely placed with a timber-framed house opposite and Easthorpe Hall a little to the west. Small church with nave and chancel under one roof. Belfry. Essentially Norman - see the west window high up, and several north and south windows and indications of windows as well as plain doorways. The Norman church had an apse. Of this the beginning is exposed on the south side. The chancel is an alteration of the C13. It has good sedilia with two pointed trefoiled arches on shafts and three widely spaced stepped lancet windows with internal dogtooth ornamentation. Some C14 windows were inserted to give more light. In addition there is a quatrefoil 'low side window' leading to a recess in the south wall. - PAINTING. Mid C13 figures in the jambs and splay of one south window: Resurrectionand Angels. - STAINED GLASS. Christ preaching, German or Swiss, c1530 (south window). - PLATE. Late C16 Cup and Paten, remodelled.
EASTHORPE HALL was built in the C15 with central hall and cross wings. The wing north of the hall block is C17.
WELL COTTAGE opposite the church may well be late C15. Both houses have remains of original roofs inside.
ST MARY'S GRANGE 1/4 mile east of the church has avC15 west wing with cambered tie beams inside, but the main block is C17 and C18 rebuilding.