Essendine Church - St. Mary Magdalene, Essendine
History Of The Essendine Church
Essendine once had a C12th moated wooden castle. The Essendine church sits at the edge of the site, on the banks of the castle moat. The moat is usually dry, but after prolonged rain it fills from the adjacent West Glen river and the church has flooded several times.
The Essendine church comprises a chancel and nave. It dates back to the C12th with C13th additions. It has no tower, but a bell-cote, another Rutland idiosyncracy. The door is believed to date from 1130-40, but some historians think it is Saxon. It is possible that it came from another disused or ruined church.
Over the door is a carving of Christ in Majesty supported by angels on either side. Its primitive nature suggests Saxon origins.
Recent Essendine Church News
St. Mary Magdalene’s Church Essendine – Dec 2020
Season’s Greetings I would like to wish you all a very happy, healthy and peaceful Christmas. It has been such a difficult year, a roller coaster of emotions and events. On the farm the crops have been planted (hopefully), it’s great to see the new crops growing. The owls are calling
News from the Village of Essendine – Dec 2020
Light up Essendine with Christmas lights and decorations – on Sunday December 6th, We are encouraging you to ‘up your game’ and really go to town on decorating the outside of your home and garden with Christmas lights. An official switch on is planned for 4.30pm. It has been shown
St. Mary Magdalene’s Church Essendine – Nov 2020
Greetings to you all from St Mary Magdalene’s Church. I hope you are all keeping well and warm as the cold weather arrives. It is lovely to light our wood-burner although it is easy to then sit by the fire all evening and not get on with jobs! On the
News from the Village of Essendine – Nov 2020
SPATE OF VEHICLE BREAK–INS: In early October, as you may have seen on the Next Door Neighbourhood Site, villagers were alerting us to theft from a range of both locked and unlocked vehicles, particularly around Dunlin Road, Avocet Close and Plover Road. There were also 2 vehicles targeted in Glen
St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Essendine – Oct 2020
Greetings to you all from St Mary Magdalene’s Church. I hope you are all keeping well and have enjoyed some September Sunshine. Let’s hope for some good weather in October. It is a bumper year for apples and blackberries; we all enjoy fruit crumble at the farm with custard and
News from the village of Essendine – Oct 2020
EXTRACTS FROM ESSENDINE PARISH COUNCIL’S SEPTEMBER MEETING For full minutes see the website http://www.essendinepc.org/community/ essendine–parish–council–12768/home/ Co–option. RCC Councillor Richard Coleman co-opted to EPC. Parish Council Minutes of 9 July 2020 unanimously agreed County Councillors’ Reports: Not much to report at present, ongoing issues of highways, flooding and speeding still being
News From The Village Of Essendine – Sept 2020
The past 5 months have been a difficult time for so many people during this terrible pandemic, some very positive things have come out of it and Essendine residents have proved that. A vey positive community spirit has built up in the village with villagers helping each other out with
St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Essendine – Sept 2020
Greetings to you all from St Mary Magdalene’s Church. I hope you are all keeping well and have enjoyed the hot summer days. On the farm we are still busy harvesting with the combine, whilst drilling the new autumn crops. It is always amazing how quickly the turnaround is. This