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Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex

Tree: 1. Essex Ennevers

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Navestock Church, Essex



St. Thomas the Apostle in Navestock, Essex, is an example of a churchwhich should not have survived the Second World War. One night in 1940a Luftwaffe parachute 'landmine' [a sea mine deliberately dropped onland as a high capacity blast bomb] floated down out of the night skyand exploded in the churchyard just a few feet from the church.

The powerful blast ripped right through the building destroying allbut four tiny fragments of the church's stained glass and seriouslydamaging the spire and roof. The then vicar, Rev George Bishop,managed to arrange for tarpaulins and other temporary roofing duringthe war years but major repairs were not completed until 1954.

The shallow blast crater left by the landmine remains in thechurchyard next to the path and is, today, marked by a sundial.

Navestock is an imposing church of 11th and 12th century date butwhich was largely rebuilt in the 13th and 14th centuries including theaddition of the prominent timber belfry tower. The tower has beenradio-carbon dated to 1120AD to 1240AD. This tower is constructed offour inclined posts stabilised with long passing braces which arejointed with 'archaic lap joints'. The present bells date back to theearly 15th century.

The church's massive organ was a gift from a private house but wasmoved to its present postion in 1954 when an upper gallery wasdemolished as part of the post-war renovation.

Internally the church has a nave and chancel with a south aisle - theaisle being built about the same time as the belfry tower and on thesame alignment. The aisle is divided from the nave by a series of'stone' arches which are not stone at all. As revealed nearer to thechancel, the arches are actually wooden structures which wereplastered over to resemble stone. A detail photograph elsewhere inthis set shows the method that was used to achieve this.

Internally there are numerous monuments dating back to the 1600s, manyfor the Waldegrave family who were prominent local landowners.



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St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex

Christened

Matches 1 to 18 of 18

	Last name, First name(s)	Christened		Person ID	Tree
1	BARNARD, Emma	26 Jan 1862	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I16495	1. Essex Ennevers
2	BARNARD, John	24 Apr 1798	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I24424	1. Essex Ennevers
3	CLARKE, William Frederick	22 Jul 1894	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I27184	1. Essex Ennevers
4	CLAXON, Ellen	28 Sep 1862	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I29854	1. Essex Ennevers
5	CLAXSON, Charles	21 Jun 1867	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I29850	1. Essex Ennevers
6	CLAXSON, Charlotte Agnes	30 Jan 1870	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I20205	1. Essex Ennevers
7	CLAXSON, Frederick William	29 Jan 1865	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I29849	1. Essex Ennevers
8	RILEY, Elizabeth	10 Nov 1816	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I15513	1. Essex Ennevers
9	RILEY, Mary Ann	10 Apr 1803	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I29432	1. Essex Ennevers
10	RILEY, Rebecca	8 Jan 1815	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I15070	1. Essex Ennevers
11	RILEY, Richard	28 Mar 1779	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I29392	1. Essex Ennevers
12	RILEY, Sarah	23 Feb 1812	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I20689	1. Essex Ennevers
13	RILEY, Susannah	29 Jan 1815	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I29396	1. Essex Ennevers
14	RILEY, William	14 Jan 1781	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I29439	1. Essex Ennevers
15	RYLEY, Humphreys	24 Dec 1809	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I29433	1. Essex Ennevers
16	WILSON, David George	28 Mar 1875	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I16362	1. Essex Ennevers
17	WILSON, Harriet	24 Jun 1866	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I36326	1. Essex Ennevers
18	WILSON, Mary Ann	26 Mar 1871	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I36327	1. Essex Ennevers

Buried

Matches 1 to 4 of 4

	Last name, First name(s)	Buried		Person ID	Tree
1	ENEVER, James	22 Sep 1933	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I16327	1. Essex Ennevers
2	QUILTER, Ann Alice	30 Jul 1882	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I36019	1. Essex Ennevers
3	RILEY, Elizabeth	6 May 1905	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I15513	1. Essex Ennevers
4	SARLING, Maria	19 Apr 1937	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	I16352	1. Essex Ennevers

Married

Matches 1 to 5 of 5

	Family (spouse)	Married		Family ID	Tree
1	BARNARD / ENEVER	14 Sep 1861	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	F4919	1. Essex Ennevers
2	CLARKE / CHAPPELL	3 Jun 1893	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	F8639	1. Essex Ennevers
3	ENEVER / RILEY	14 Feb 1834	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	F4629	1. Essex Ennevers
4	RILEY / COPSEY	7 Jun 1802	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	F9359	1. Essex Ennevers
5	RILEY / KENT	6 Nov 1777	Parish Church, St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock, Essex	F9371	1. Essex Ennevers