All Saints Church, Fordham

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All Saints Church, Fordham
51°55′05″N0°48′05″E / 51.91792°N 0.80132°E / 51.91792; 0.80132
Location Fordham, Essex, CO6 3NL
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Conservative Evangelical
Website fordhamchurch.org.uk
History
StatusActive
Dedication All Saints
Architecture
Functional status Parish Church
Heritage designation Grade 1 listed
Designated7 April 1965
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Chelmsford
Archdeaconry Archdeaconry of Colchester
Deanery Colchester
Parish Fordham
Clergy
Rector The 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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.