Shelley nr. Chipping Ongar

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INFORMATION
FontID: 16878SHE
Church/Chapel: Old Parish Church of St. Peter [demolished]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: [the new church: Church Lane, off Fyfield Road, Shelley, Ongar, Essex, CM5 0HH]
Country Name: England
Location: Essex, East
Directions to Site: Located on the B0184, just N of Chipping Ongar
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chelmsford
Historical Region: Hundred of Ongar
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
The Victoria County History (Essex, vol. 4, 1956) notes: "The medieval parish church of St. Peter became ruinous towards the end of the 18th century and was considered unsafe for use after June 1800. [...] In 1811 a new church was built on the same foundations". The VCH entry informs that no furnishings from the demolished medieval church remain; the present church is the second one of the 19th-century, but the original medieval church is document to ca. 1250, and probably existed much earlier. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font].
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 309968 5733802
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2010-09-17 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.