Church Micro 2145... St. Ethelbert and All Saints, Belchamp Otten
The church is of Norman origin, the Nave walls are certainly of that period, and the South Door indicates the date to be about the early or middle of the 12th Century. This doorway, for so small a church is a very good example of the period. It consists of two orders of columns, which are ornamented with the spiral device common to the period, whilst the arches springing from them have the ordinary zig-zag upon them. All the original Norman windows have been removed to make way for the two-light decorated windows on the South side, and the three-light decorated window on the North side of the Nave; in two of which there are still fragments of the original painted glass. In these decorated windows it is thought we see the hand of the FitzOthos or of Sir John de Boutetort. There is a modern two-light window at the West-end.
If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication
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The cache is a 35mm film canister located just outside the church grounds.
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