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St Mary the Virgin,
Langham
The oldest parts of
the church date from no earlier than the 12th century but its proximity to what
is now Langham Hall suggest that it stands on the site of a Saxon foundation. It
would be logical to think that the adjacent Church Farm was the parsonage but in
fact the parsonage was on a separate manor to the south at what is now Glebe
Farm.
The walls of the
church are mostly of pebble-rubble with much iron pudding-stone in the extended
chancel; dressings are of oolite and limestone. Parts of the north wall of the
chancel and nave are of 12th century construction, while the lower part of the
tower is 13th century. Early in the 14th century the whole church was remodelled:
the chancel was extended and its arch widened asymmetrically to meet the splayed
south wall.
There are six bell which are regularly rung:
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Treble,
2nd,
3rd
4th
5th
Tenor
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Note E
Note D
Note C
Note B
Note A
Note G
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J.Taylor, Loughborough 1897
Thomas Mears,
London 1801
Thomas
Mears, London 1842
Miles Graye I ("the prince of founders")
Colchester 1618
John
Warner, London (recast) 1882
John Waylet and J.Taylor, Loughborough (recast) 1906
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In the north west corner of the churchyard there is a well proportioned little
building erected by Dr Hurlock (Curate 1803-31 and Rector 1831-47) in 1832.
Originally a girl's school on weekdays and a resting place for the poor and
infirm between services on a Sunday, it was used as a Sunday School room until
the late 1950s.
INCUMBENTS:
The Rectors of Langham of whom there is record of:
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1258 |
Nicholas de Rumsey |
1565 |
Robert Brecher |
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1312 |
Richard de Ely |
1571 |
Robert Porter |
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1317 |
Hugh de Granstete |
1572 |
Thomas Ferrar alias Oxford |
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1329 |
Edmund de Neville
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1607 |
John Ferrar |
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1329 |
Henry de Southchurch |
1649 |
Thomas Seaborne |
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1333 |
William Harding |
1669 |
Robert Grove |
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Robert de Lech
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1670 |
Antony Warton |
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1362 |
Bartholomew Dikes |
1675 |
Jacob Nurth |
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1410 |
Richard at Hoo |
1714 |
Thomas Bradshaigh |
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1430 |
John Smith |
1752 |
Talbot Lloyd |
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1441 |
GeradusThonyn |
1769 |
Matthew Woodford |
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1445 |
John Palmer |
1780 |
John Fisher |
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1457 |
Nicholas Strangman |
1807 |
Edward Dowdeswell |
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1469 |
Robert Crane |
1831 |
James Thomas Hurlock |
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1482 |
William Duffeld |
1847 |
James Chauncy Ellis |
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1483 |
Richard Fenrodyr |
1887 |
Thomas Stamford Raffles |
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1498 |
William Tring |
1914 |
Charles Selwyn Ward |
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George Sanford |
1946 |
Harold William Sparling |
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1509 |
John Gravely |
1955 |
Albert Edward Clayton |
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1312 |
William Morcott |
1959 |
Frederick Percy Bates |
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1514 |
John Hewes |
1962 |
Bernard Whitworth Harrison |
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1528 |
Robert Kendall |
1975 |
Horace William Nesling* |
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1536 |
William Grace |
1978 |
Robert Charles Poston* |
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1537 |
George Clayton |
1981 |
Douglas Lancashire |
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Otho Rumpelli |
1992 |
John Cardell-Oliver |
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2003 |
Timothy Bull |
*Priest in Charge
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