Little Stambridge / Stambridge Parva

In his history of Little Stambridge [http://www.littlestambridge.co.uk/] Keith Taylor (2009) notes: "Little Stambridge was a small village and parish, with a manor house, a short distance from Rochford in Essex, now a hamlet of scattered houses. Its little church of Saint Mary (registers from 1654) with a tiny nave and chancel was restored and reopened in 1870 but did not last. The parish was united with Great Stambridge in 1889 and the little church was demolished in 1894. All that remains of the churchyard are some ancient gravestones in a wooded area of a garden." The restoration noted above was reported in The Builder (issue of 4 June 1870) as completed and the church "re-opened for public worship". The original church is said to have been medieval. [NB: we have no information on the font from its church]