On 15/11/2012 09:16, Mike Fry wrote: > Add to this the sheer size of the building - it's far too large to be > an 'ordinary' parish church. And the carpet in the aisle - how many > churches have carpets in the aisle? It's definitely not Catholic! Too > many bare-headed women. And where are the altar boys that would be > there? Too plain to be Catholic, therefore Anglican! Don't think it > can be a cathedral, because it's obviously 19th century (probably late > 19th) and I don't think a lot of cathedrals got built in that period. > I think you're looking at the main church of a bishopric. I can only agree Mike with much you say. I also think it's late 19th century, i.e. probably after the High Victorian fashion had been and gone. Some cathedrals do date to recent times; Guildford is 20th century, and Chelmsford became a cathedral in the 20th century too - although the building is an older (yet quite grand) parish church. Isn't the head church of a bishopric a cathedral? Though I entirely agree about the size and scale of this church, it doesn't necessarily follow that it's a high-status church: I recently visited Thaxted parish church in Essex which also has a central crossing, very high ceilings and an extreme length, to rival any cathedral, but this was due firstly to a very prosperous townspeople who wanted lots of guild chapels in their new church, which they began constructing in the 14th century whilst several claimants to the lordship of the manor were tied up in legal battles, and therefore had control of the basic floorplan (each of the two aisles is wider than the central nave); and secondly to the very high status and royal lords of the manor of later centuries who completed the construction - the last one being Catherine of Aragon. It does have a western tower but was begun with a central one in mind. Lawrence.

HI Folks RE the special chair Most Anglican parishes have a bishops chair which is used when he visits. Technically the bishop is responsible for every parish in the Diocese. Also there are many fair sized Anglican churches even in smaller places if they were older. Remember big families in those days! For what its worth Muriel -----Original Message----- From: La Greenall Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 5:38 AM To: Mike Fry Cc: essex-uk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Ess] FW: Help needed identifying church On 15/11/2012 09:16, Mike Fry wrote: > Add to this the sheer size of the building - it's far too large to be > an 'ordinary' parish church. And the carpet in the aisle - how many > churches have carpets in the aisle? It's definitely not Catholic! Too > many bare-headed women. And where are the altar boys that would be > there? Too plain to be Catholic, therefore Anglican! Don't think it > can be a cathedral, because it's obviously 19th century (probably late > 19th) and I don't think a lot of cathedrals got built in that period. > I think you're looking at the main church of a bishopric. I can only agree Mike with much you say. I also think it's late 19th century, i.e. probably after the High Victorian fashion had been and gone. Some cathedrals do date to recent times; Guildford is 20th century, and Chelmsford became a cathedral in the 20th century too - although the building is an older (yet quite grand) parish church. Isn't the head church of a bishopric a cathedral? Though I entirely agree about the size and scale of this church, it doesn't necessarily follow that it's a high-status church: I recently visited Thaxted parish church in Essex which also has a central crossing, very high ceilings and an extreme length, to rival any cathedral, but this was due firstly to a very prosperous townspeople who wanted lots of guild chapels in their new church, which they began constructing in the 14th century whilst several claimants to the lordship of the manor were tied up in legal battles, and therefore had control of the basic floorplan (each of the two aisles is wider than the central nave); and secondly to the very high status and royal lords of the manor of later centuries who completed the construction - the last one being Catherine of Aragon. It does have a western tower but was begun with a central one in mind. Lawrence. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: Essex-UK-admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ESSEX-UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message