Abbess Roding and Leaden Roding, Essex......

Abbess Roding where Edward Cuffley married Sarah Bright in 1731......and the Lakes were here in the early 1700's although they baptised their children at the Independent Chapel, which was at Rookwood Hall, having married in 1703 at Leaden Roding church.  I wonder if the Brights knew the Lakes?  Abbess Roding had one of the largest non-conformist congregations in Essex in the 18th and early 19th centuries.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15th century screen.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norman font..... what a pity my Lakes weren't baptised from here....

 

 

 

 

Medieval glass depicting a bishop and a saint....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abbess Hall .. geese and all!

 

 

 

 

 

Leaden Roding, of all the Rodings this church is apparently the oldest  .... and Sarah Bright was baptised here in 1707....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11th century nave and 13th century chancel .....

 

 

 

 

 

... I wonder if these are Roman tiles

 

 

 

 

One more Roding to visit ...! 

 

 

... oh, I'd forgotten about Berners, Beauchamp and Margaret ... they are for another day....