Church Micro 1106... Marks Tey St Andrews Traditional Geocache
Church Micro 1106... Marks Tey St Andrews
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St Andrews, Church Marks Tey.
TEY, (MARKS) or Tey at the Elms, is a pleasant village on the London road, south-east of the two other Teys, 5 miles West by South of Colchester, and 4 miles East by North of Coggeshall. On the Eastern Counties Railway, near the junction of the Braintree and London roads, is a commodious station from which branches the Colchester, Halstead, and Stour Valley Railway. The parish takes the present adjunct to its name from the family of Marks, or Merks, to whom it anciently belonged. In some documents it is called Tey ad ulmos, from the number of elm-trees with which it formerly abounded, and for the growth of which the soil is peculiarly favourable. The Church (St. Andrew,) is a small Gothic structure, which has recently (recently being 1848) undergone a thorough renovation. The tower has two bells, and is crowned by a wooden spire. There is painted window in the chapel, with the arms of Bishop Compton. The rectory was given by one of the Mandevilles, to St. Botolph's Priory, Colchester. After the suppression of that monastery, Bishop Compton purchased the parsonage, 38A. of glebe, and all the tithes of the parish, except such as belonged to the then lord of the manor, and settled them upon the vicarage, in the patronage of Baliol College, Oxford. The vicarage (not in charge) was valued in 1831 at £234, The Vicarage House is now conveniently separated from the church, by the intervening railway. The tithes were commuted in 1841, for £246.10s. per annum. Bishop Henry Compton, the liberal benefactor to the vicarage, was made Bishop of London in 1675, and was entrusted with the education of the two princesses, Mary and Anne, who imbibed from him their firm adherence to the Protestant religion. which so exasperated James II. that be suspended him from his ecclesiastical functions, but they were restored to him on the invasion of William, Prince of Orange, to whom he had married the princess Mary. He laboured with much zeal to reconcile the dissenters to the Church, and died in 1713. Church of c.1100. Norman nave, C14 chancel and tower originally C14 but rebuilt, the upper stage finished entirely in timber. The `Norman' nave is essentially un-dateable and could easily be pre-Conquest - the walls are 0.82m thick. The north wall of the nave is decoratively banded with puddingstone and rubble. The nave is Romanesque in origin built of septaria and indurated conglomerate. Nave return quoins of Roman brick with one south-east quoin having vertical freestone `longs, and Roman brick `shorts' in the Saxon of Saxon-Norman manner. The south door has a Romanesque tympanum above the oak lintel. Chancel of freestone, Roman brick and some indurated conglomerate. There is a C14 priest’s door. The nave was built c.1100 and the chancel rebuilt in c.1330. There was possibly a late C14 west tower which was rebuilt in the early C16. The chancel contains two C14 windows in the north wall and south wall, the latter partly restored externally, and a C14 doorway. The chancel arch is of mid-late C14. The north wall of the nave contains a partly restored C14 window. Between the two windows of the north wall is the north doorway of c.1100. East of the east doorway is the lower doorway to the rood loft staircase of late C14 or early C15. The south wall contains a largely modern east window, central one of c.1100 of one round headed light in Roman brick and the westernmost of the mid C14. West doorway of the tower is late C14 or early C15. The bell chamber has in each wall a C16 window of oak. The fittings include a C15 oak font. World War I and II roll of honour was Originally sited on the A12 near to the Methodist church, but was moved 10 years ago to ST Andrews. More details at - http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Essex/MarksTey.html The cache is a small Tupperware box slightly “camouflaged” containing a note book, pencil and pencil sharpener. There is room in it for small TB’s. Please sign the log book or leave a calling card. Please replace the container as found and beware of Muggles on the road and the local houses. The approach road is very quiet and a no-through road, only realy gets busy when the Church Services are on, their is a carpark next to the church. If you do arrive by car/bike etc be aware of the Junction when pulling back out onto the A120. If any body would like to add to this series, please do, but could you please let sadexploration know first, so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication. 
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