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ST MARYS CHURCH

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12th and 13th century parish church, largely rebuilt and added to in the 18th-20th centuries. Excavations have shown that this was originally the priory church of Wix Abbey, (TM12NE4).

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(TM 1635 2903) St Mary's Church (C of E) [NAT]. (1)

Church of St Mary. Parish Church. Parts of the north wall may be C12, blocked north arcade of Nave C13, the rest of the church appears to be C18-C20, rebuild and additions. RCHM1 Grade II (see list for details). (2)

PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL stands near the middle of the parish. The ancient portions are of rubble with dressings of limestone; the roofs are covered with slates. The church was attached to a priory of Benedictine nuns founded temp. Henry I and dissolved in 1525. Parts of the W. wall may be of the 12th century; the N. arcade of the Nave is of mid 13th-century date. The whole of the rest of the church appears to have been rebuilt about the middle of the 18th century. The foundations of the N. aisle are reported to have been uncovered in recent years. (3)

St Mary Wix. Excavation by BP Blate in 1961 for Colcester and Essex museum revealed the chancel of the monastic church in a field to the east of modern St Mary's. The North wall proved to be on the line of the North wall of the parish church. The investigation was occasioned by the bull dozing of the site. (4-5)

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(1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 1:2500 1959

(2) List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest

DOE (HHR) Dist of Tendring Essex 1987 93

(3) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) 1922 An inventory of the historical monuments in Essex. Volume III [north-east]

Page(s)234-5

(4) General reference

CBA Res Rep 19 Historic Churches: a wasting asset 1977 13, 22, 124 (W and K Rodwell)

(5) Essex archaeology and history : transactions of Essex Archaeological Society

1, 1961-5 Page(s)105-110

(6) General reference

Pevsner N and Radcliffe E 1965. The Builds of England Essex London Penguin (432)

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Benedictine nunnery founded 1125-35 dissolved 1525. Small scale excavations in 1964 revealed the foundations of the chancel to the East of the modern ...

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