| St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch | |
St Andrews Church, Hornchurch
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| Denomination | Church of England |
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| Website | http://www.parishofhornchurch.co.uk/ |
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| Deanery | Havering |
| Archdeaconry | West Ham |
| Diocese | Chelmsford |
| Province | Canterbury |
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| Vicar(s) | Barry Hobson |
The church of St Andrew's, Hornchurch is a Church of England religious building in Hornchurch, England.
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There has been a church on this site since at least 1163. The tower and the north porch were added in the 15th century.[1]
The current church is an example of late Gothic architecture.[1]
St Andrew's contains a number of funereal monuments and memorials to local families and dignitaries. Among these are memorials to the daughters of William Blackborne, who lived at Hornchurch and who was related to Abraham Blackborne, the long-serving rector (58 years) of Dagenham, as well as Levett Blackborne, Lincoln's Inn barrister and grandson of Sir Richard Levett, Lord Mayor of London.[2] In addition to the Blackborne memorial, there is also a stone tablet incised with verses proclaiming it as the resting place of the "Right Hon. Thomas Clutterbuck, treasurer of the Navy, and one of his Majesty's (king George II) most honourable privy council," who died 1742.[3]
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