English Heritage sites near Layer Marney Parish
ST JOHN'S ABBEY GATE
6 miles from Layer Marney Parish
This pinnacled gatehouse, elaborately decorated in East Anglian 'flushwork', is the sole survivor of the wealthy Benedictine abbey of St John.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
6 miles from Layer Marney Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
COLCHESTER, ST BOTOLPH'S PRIORY
7 miles from Layer Marney Parish
The remains of one of the first Augustinian priories in England, founded in c.1100 and an impressive example of early Norman architecture.
MISTLEY TOWERS
15 miles from Layer Marney Parish
Two porticoed Classical towers, which stood at each end of a grandiose but highly unconventional Georgian church, designed by Robert Adam in 1776.
LINDSEY ST JAMES'S CHAPEL
17 miles from Layer Marney Parish
A pretty thatched 13th century chapel with lancet windows.
HADLEIGH CASTLE
21 miles from Layer Marney Parish
The romantic ruins of a royal castle overlooking the Essex marshes. Hadleigh was begun in about 1215 by Hubert de Burgh, but extensively refortified by Edward III during the Hundred Years War.
Churches in Layer Marney Parish
St Mary the Virgin, Layer Marney
Roundbush Road
Layer Marney
Tiptree
01621-815260
http://www.layerchurches.org.uk
St Mary the Virgin, Layer Marney is one of a group of 'Five Parishes' in our nine parish benefice.
More Information about our services of worship, forthcoming events and the history of the building, can be viewed on our website at www.layerchurches.org.uk
Details of Services are on the page www.layerchurches.org.uk/services.htm
Details of Forthcoming Events are on the page www.layerchurches.org.uk/upcoming.htm
We use a Common Worship order for Holy Communion.
An Historic Church
St Mary the Virgin Church was rebuilt by the Lords of Marney in the early 16th century in the Perpendicular style, in brick with tower and battlements. The south chancel porch is a rare addition, as is the priest's extension on the north side. A light and open interior includes some excellent tombs, including Sir William's, (died 1414) from an earlier church. Also the tombs of Lord Henry and his son John, who both attended the Field of the Cloth of Gold with Henry VIII. There is a large Tudor fireplace in the Marney chantry chapel, itself a splendid memorial to a transient glory, as the Marney line ended when both Henry died in 1523 and John in 1525, with both Church and Tower unfinished, leaving no male heir. There is a charming and well conserved wall-painting of St Christopher's miracle in the nave.
No churches found in Layer Marney Parish