Site of medieval church, 'St Mary's Church', Little Stambridge Hall (EHER 13606)

Now destroyed. The site of a medieval church demolished in 1880, when the parishes of Little Stambridge and Great Stambridge were combined. The dedication of the church was transferred and combined with the church at Great Stambridge (see EHER 13511).

Site of church. Muilman says 'the church is of one piece with the chancel and the whole tiled. At the west end stands a spire shingled, in which there is one bell'. There was still a church on the site in 1897, but by 1923 it had gone. <1> <2> The Chapman and Andre map (1777) shows the church with spire, next to the hall. <3> See historic maps <4> <5>. See also <6> <7>. See aerial photographs and cropmark plot. <8> <9> <10> Site Assessment: 'Overgrown. Excavated by a schoolboy'. <1> NRHE data transfer: St Mary's Church, Little Stambridge. The parish was combined with Great Stambridge in 1880 and the church demolished. The site is now heavily overgrown, with a few tombstones still visible. It should be scheduled. An excavation took place in the mid 1960's by K Crowe, then a pupil at Southend High School. The writer has been unable to ascertain the extent of this excavation, or whether any records were kept. No publication has appeared. <11>