Stanwell Middlesex
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell Middlesex stands on the south side of the old village and consists of chancel, nave, north and south aisles, west tower, north porch, and vestry . It is built of flint and stone rubble, with freestone dressings and slate roofs.
The nave has three bays, the base of the tower forming a 4th bay at the west end. The arcades are 13c, with alternate circular and octagonal piers. The remains of 13c piscinas have been found in the chancel and the south aisle. The south aisle and chancel are of the 14c: The trussed-rafter roof of the chancel and the ogee wall-arcading possibly seating for the monks of Chertsey Abbey, may be rather later than the chancel itself. The nave was heightened with clerestory windows and roof in 15c
The chancel east wall was rebuilt in 18c.
All restored in 1863 when the north aisle and north porch were rebuilt, and together with the south aisle, extended to the west end of the tower, and the bottom of the tower was opened out to form part of the body of the church. The north vestry was erected at the same time.
The three stage tower was begun in 13c, the second stage which is flint chequerwork, is 14c, and the third, with an embattled parapet, slightly later. The slender shingled spire leans to the south-west.. The clock was placed in 1768. There are six bells, the earliest of which is dated 1766
No priests are mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book, but there was one at Stanwell's hamlet of West Bedfont which had a church by mid 12c. The first endowment to a church here was perhaps In 1204 when King John confirmed a grant of land made by William of Windsor to the parson of Stanwell.
By the middle of the 13c the rectory of Stanwell had become a sinecure. In 1246 a rector and chaplain are mentioned together, and by 1254 there was a vicarage which seems to have remained in permanent existence. The vicars were presented by the rectors, who were in turn presented by the lord of the manor, or by the Crown during the minority of a lord, until 1415. In that year Richard Windsor gave the advowson and one acre within Stanwell manor to the Benedictine Chertsey Abbey in exchange for West Bedfont manor. The church was appropriated to the abbey in the same year, the bishop reserving to himself a pension of 20s. which he would otherwise have received from the church and its vicars. In 1537 Chertsey surrendered the rectory and advowson to the Crown which granted them to the new royal foundation of Bisham on whose dissolution they again reverted to the Crown. Mary Tudor gave them to the Bishop of London in 1558 but this grant may never have taken effect. The advowson has since remained the property of the Crown.
The rectory, however, was leased by the Crown in 1546 to Sir Philip Hoby 1558 of Bisham flic.kr/p/WhQLKT for 60 years. It was later leased, like Stanwell manor, to Sir Thomas Paston and then to Edward Fitzgarret, and was granted with the manor to Lord Knyvett. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/P0x78Y in 1603
Among the medieval rectors were several king's clerks, as well, possibly, as members of the Windsor family. It seems unlikely that any of them lived here after mid-13c, but the vicars presumably lived there, and one of the last rectors was sufficiently interested in Stanwell to leave money for the repair of the church. In 1380 there was also an assistant chaplain, and the obits required the presence of other priests. Masses were endowed by rector Richard Thorp 1408 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/agNNN1 and by Thomas Windsor whose son Andrew, Lord Windsor, continued his father's obit. - The monument of Thomas Windsor 1485 , which was also designed as a Easter Sepulchre, was removed from the chancel in the 19c and destroyed when the north aisle was rebuilt. - an old engraving remains to show it had indents of lost brasses of Thomas, his wife Elizabeth Andrew & children www.alamy.com/tomb-of-thomas-windsor-1486-with-brass-plat...
Anne Elizabeth Garner 1913 looks out from a window in her memory www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/3600ZG
Windsor Cottage, formerly an inn was given in 17c by Lord Windsor for beautifying the church. By the 19c the income was being spent on church furnishings and since 1898 it has been applicable to general repairs and maintenance with £147 spent in 1955 .
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Stanwell Middlesex
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stanwell Middlesex stands on the south side of the old village and consists of chancel, nave, north and south aisles, west tower, north porch, and vestry . It is built of flint and stone rubble, with freestone dressings and slate roofs.
The nave has three bays, the base of the tower forming a 4th bay at the west end. The arcades are 13c, with alternate circular and octagonal piers. The remains of 13c piscinas have been found in the chancel and the south aisle. The south aisle and chancel are of the 14c: The trussed-rafter roof of the chancel and the ogee wall-arcading possibly seating for the monks of Chertsey Abbey, may be rather later than the chancel itself. The nave was heightened with clerestory windows and roof in 15c
The chancel east wall was rebuilt in 18c.
All restored in 1863 when the north aisle and north porch were rebuilt, and together with the south aisle, extended to the west end of the tower, and the bottom of the tower was opened out to form part of the body of the church. The north vestry was erected at the same time.
The three stage tower was begun in 13c, the second stage which is flint chequerwork, is 14c, and the third, with an embattled parapet, slightly later. The slender shingled spire leans to the south-west.. The clock was placed in 1768. There are six bells, the earliest of which is dated 1766
No priests are mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book, but there was one at Stanwell's hamlet of West Bedfont which had a church by mid 12c. The first endowment to a church here was perhaps In 1204 when King John confirmed a grant of land made by William of Windsor to the parson of Stanwell.
By the middle of the 13c the rectory of Stanwell had become a sinecure. In 1246 a rector and chaplain are mentioned together, and by 1254 there was a vicarage which seems to have remained in permanent existence. The vicars were presented by the rectors, who were in turn presented by the lord of the manor, or by the Crown during the minority of a lord, until 1415. In that year Richard Windsor gave the advowson and one acre within Stanwell manor to the Benedictine Chertsey Abbey in exchange for West Bedfont manor. The church was appropriated to the abbey in the same year, the bishop reserving to himself a pension of 20s. which he would otherwise have received from the church and its vicars. In 1537 Chertsey surrendered the rectory and advowson to the Crown which granted them to the new royal foundation of Bisham on whose dissolution they again reverted to the Crown. Mary Tudor gave them to the Bishop of London in 1558 but this grant may never have taken effect. The advowson has since remained the property of the Crown.
The rectory, however, was leased by the Crown in 1546 to Sir Philip Hoby 1558 of Bisham flic.kr/p/WhQLKT for 60 years. It was later leased, like Stanwell manor, to Sir Thomas Paston and then to Edward Fitzgarret, and was granted with the manor to Lord Knyvett. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/P0x78Y in 1603
Among the medieval rectors were several king's clerks, as well, possibly, as members of the Windsor family. It seems unlikely that any of them lived here after mid-13c, but the vicars presumably lived there, and one of the last rectors was sufficiently interested in Stanwell to leave money for the repair of the church. In 1380 there was also an assistant chaplain, and the obits required the presence of other priests. Masses were endowed by rector Richard Thorp 1408 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/agNNN1 and by Thomas Windsor whose son Andrew, Lord Windsor, continued his father's obit. - The monument of Thomas Windsor 1485 , which was also designed as a Easter Sepulchre, was removed from the chancel in the 19c and destroyed when the north aisle was rebuilt. - an old engraving remains to show it had indents of lost brasses of Thomas, his wife Elizabeth Andrew & children www.alamy.com/tomb-of-thomas-windsor-1486-with-brass-plat...
Anne Elizabeth Garner 1913 looks out from a window in her memory www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/3600ZG
Windsor Cottage, formerly an inn was given in 17c by Lord Windsor for beautifying the church. By the 19c the income was being spent on church furnishings and since 1898 it has been applicable to general repairs and maintenance with £147 spent in 1955 .
Picture">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Y7PH61Picture with thanks - copyright Maxwell Hamilton CCL commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StanwellChurch.jpg
More pictures www.flickr.com/photos/mualphachi/albums/72157622290065602