HIGH COUNTRY HISTORY GROUP
GREENSTED,
STANFORD RIVERS,
STAPLEFORD TAWNEY & THEYDON MOUNT
Stapleford
Tawney (Essex)
"Stapleford Tawney: Stepples or piles over the
river, and ancient owners"
Webpage devoted to one of our four parishes in the High Country in Essex.
Stapleford Tawney in
1887.
The following is taken from ‘Durrant’s Handbook For Essex’ written by Miller Christy (Durrant & Co., Chelmsford, 1887).
Staple’ford Tawney. A.1633; P. 222; Rectory, value(with Theydon Mount) £750; 4m. S.E. from Epping.
The following is taken from ‘Durrant’s Handbook For Essex’ written by Miller Christy (Durrant & Co., Chelmsford, 1887).
Staple’ford Tawney. A.1633; P. 222; Rectory, value(with Theydon Mount) £750; 4m. S.E. from Epping.
This
parish takes its distinctive name from the family of Tany, who held it,
with
many other estates in Essex , in the 13th
cent. The church (St. Mary) is
small, picturesque, and of ancient origin, though
most of its interesting features have been restored away. It is chiefly
of
flint, and consists of nave, S. aisle, and chancel, with timber tower
and spire
containing two bells, dated 1611 and 1630 respectively
It is evidently of 13th cent.
(E. Eng. ) origin, as
there are in the
chancel three tall lancet windows on the E., and one on the S., also a
S. door
of the same age, but later windows have been inserted. There are two
ancient
square niches or aumbries. On the floor is a tombstone
which once had a double, inscribed fillet, a
cross, and a hand holding a scroll, all in brass, date about 1491(?). Suttons (Sir C. C. Smith, Bart.) is a
modern house of stone, overlooking a picturesque and well-wooded park,
through
which flows the Roding.