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St Martin, White Roding, Essex
Locked with a keyholder notice. Pleasantly set up a lane with its east window facing the approach. Stunningly old Saxon south doorway. The door looks old too, but it can't be that old, can it? Two phone numbers for the key, but it was already 3 o'clock and I wanted to get in a few more churches yet, so I didn't ring, and neither did I for the next two, which also had keyholder notices with phone numbers. I chatted briefly to an old lady tending a spectacular bonfire in the corner of the churchyard. She must have been a girl guide as a youngster.
Berners Roding, Essex
Abandoned and derelict church on the remote Berners Hall estate.
In 1911, my great-great-aunt Julia Mortlock was a cook at Berners Hall. By then, it was inhabited by James, Charles and Caroline Glasse, two brothers and a sister from Morwenstowe in Cornwall. There was only one other servant. By 1919, the farm had been sold to the Co-op, who still own it today. I believe the grounds have a famous carp lake.
All Saints, High Roding, Essex
A mile distant from its village, at the end of a long lane with only a farm for company. The church was locked with a keyholder notice, two keyholders. A medium sized late medieval church with no tower. The churchyard was bowling-green smooth. There didn't seem much of interest through the largely clear windows. A large graveyard, though, for the village it serves is the largest in the area, so plenty of people sleeping the sleep of the just in the churchyard. Oddly, several of the graves have 1930s ceramic floral displays under glass domes - strange to think of them sitting here for 80 years. I cycled on, up through the village. I hadn't realised how high I was, but as I turned back towards the forest I descended steeply for several miles to the very pretty village of Great Canfield with its church.
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Berners Roding Church (dedication unknown but believed to be All Saints) is situated within the small hamlet of Berners Roding approximately 6 miles NE of Chipping Ongar. The church is adjacent to Berners Hall and surrounded by arable fields to be east and north, Berners Hall farm to the west and is accessed via a narrow track leading from the road to the south.
Whilst the exact origins of the church are unknown, elements of the building appear to date from the 14th century. The nave and chancel are of an unknown date but the east and west walls are believed to be 16th century. The church once had a weather-boarded belfry that housed a single bell dated 1594 (cast by John Dyer – bell foundry Chelmsford). A survey of the church by Nikolaus Pevsner for his book “The Buildings of England – Essex” published in 1954 shows the belfry was present and it was therefore removed after this date. The whereabouts of the bell is unknown.
The church was deconsecrated in 1985 and is now in a very sorry state.
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St Michael, Leaden Roden, Essex
From White Roding I cycled on the Bishops Stortford to Chelmsford road, which wasn't too bad, certainly nothing like the hell of the Harlow road, a short distance to Leaden Roding, where I found the church locked with a keyholder notice (two numbers). Not unattractive, but spoiled by its proximity to the road and an absurd dense avenue of yew trees up to the south porch in an otherwise stark and open churchyard. perfectly clear east and west windows giving a view of the inside, of which there seemed little to excite, although I liked the panels of glass in the east window, and the church is small enough to photograph them through the west window. A little way further along the road led me to Margaret Roding.
Del 23 al 27 de julhet, la vila de Rodés a aculhit l’Estivada, un dels eveniments màgers de la cultura occitana.
Rode my E-bike over to Zoo Knoxville to walk around and see some different animals I didn't see on my last visit. I brought the Rokinon 12mm f2 wide angle and the Sony 18-135mm f3.5-5.6 OSS. I also recorded some video with the Xiaomi Yi action camera. And I got photos and videos with my Apple iPhone. I rode back home and logged just under 10 miles.
Zoo Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
Friday, August 22nd, 2025
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