St Martin's Church, Chipping Ongar

St Martin's Church, Chipping Ongar
St Martin's Church, Chipping Ongar
	51°42′14″N0°14′47″E / 51.7039°N 0.2463°E Coordinates: 51°42′14″N0°14′47″E / 51.7039°N 0.2463°E
Denomination	Church of England
Website	St Martin's Church
History
Founded	11th century [1]
Dedication	Saint Martin of Tours
Architecture
Functional status	Parish church
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	20 February 1967
Architectural type	Church
Administration
Parish	Chipping Ongar with Shelley
Deanery	Ongar
Archdeaconry	Harlow
Diocese	Chelmsford
Province	Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Reverend Susan Cooper

Last updated August 20, 2019

St Martin's Church is a Church of England parish church in the town of Chipping Ongar in Essex, England.

A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, the parish – since the 19th century called the ecclesiastical parish to avoid confusion with the civil parish which many towns and villages have.

Chipping Ongar is a small market town in the civil parish of Ongar, in the Epping Forest District of the county of Essex, England. It is located 6 miles (10 km) east of Epping, 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Harlow and 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Brentwood. For population details taken at the 2011 Census see under the civil parish of Ongar.

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History

The church dates from the 11th century and is a Grade I listed building ^[1]^[2]

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References

1 2 A Church Near You. "Chipping Ongar w Shelley: St Martin, Chipping Ongar - Essex | Diocese of Chelmsford". Achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1337485)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 16 March 2014.

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[achurchnearyou1-1] 1 2 A Church Near You. "Chipping Ongar w Shelley: St Martin, Chipping Ongar - Essex | Diocese of Chelmsford". Achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

[2] Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1337485)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 16 March 2014.