All Saints Church | |
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51°55′05″N 0°48′05″E / 51.91792°N 0.80132°E | |
Location | Fordham, Essex, CO6 3NL |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Conservative Evangelical |
Website | fordhamchurch.org.uk |
History | |
Status | Active |
Dedication | All Saints |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Parish Church |
Heritage designation | Grade 1 listed |
Designated | 7 April 1965 |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of Chelmsford |
Archdeaconry | Archdeaconry of Colchester |
Deanery | Colchester |
Parish | Fordham |
Clergy | |
Rector | The Revd Francis Blight |
All Saints Church is a Church of England parish church in Fordham, Essex. The church is a Grade I listed building. [1]
All Saints' Anglican Church dates from about 1340. It was restored in 1861. There was also a chapel of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion in the village in the 19th century. [2]
Among the past rectors of the parish of Fordham was Roger Walden (died 1406), who was briefly Archbishop of Canterbury and then Bishop of London. [3] The noted classical scholar Thomas Twining, a member of the tea-merchant family, held the curacy of the church from 1764 until his death in 1804. [4]
All Saints Church is the parish church of Fordham and is part of the Diocese of Chelmsford. On 7 April 1965, the church was designated a Grade I listed building. [1]
All Saints Church is within the Conservative Evangelical tradition of the Church of England, and it has passed resolutions that reject the ordination of women. [5]