All Saints, Vange
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CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
THE CHURCHES CONSERVATION TRUST
This introduction is from the visitor’s booklet, available at the church, which includes the history and details of the interior and exterior of the building.
A church may have stood in this commanding position upon its humpy hill for 1000 years. For most of the time All Saints served a small village community which was called ‘Fengge’ in 963, ‘Phenge’ in Domesday Book (1086) and ‘Fange’ in 1203, indicating a fen or marshy area. Now it is situated near the southern boundary of sprawling Basildon New Town, which has developed in and around former country villages, including Basildon, Laindon, Pitsea and Vange, over the past 50 years. In the 1860s Vange was a tiny village of 160 inhabitants; now it is a vast parish of over 12,000.
With the growth of Basildon southwards, a new church of St Chad was built in 1957-58 about 1.2km to the north-east of the old church, in what has become the main centre of population. Both churches were in use until 1994. In 1996 All Saints was declared pastorally redundant and because of its antiquity and interest it was vested in The Churches Conservation Trust on 1st January 2003, to be cared for by the Church and the nation.
Visiting: Arrangements to visit All Saints can be made by contacting the key holders Mary and Ben Dormer, tel: 01268 451459.
THE CHURCHES CONSERVATION TRUST
This introduction is from the visitor’s booklet, available at the church, which includes the history and details of the interior and exterior of the building.
A church may have stood in this commanding position upon its humpy hill for 1000 years. For most of the time All Saints served a small village community which was called ‘Fengge’ in 963, ‘Phenge’ in Domesday Book (1086) and ‘Fange’ in 1203, indicating a fen or marshy area. Now it is situated near the southern boundary of sprawling Basildon New Town, which has developed in and around former country villages, including Basildon, Laindon, Pitsea and Vange, over the past 50 years. In the 1860s Vange was a tiny village of 160 inhabitants; now it is a vast parish of over 12,000.
With the growth of Basildon southwards, a new church of St Chad was built in 1957-58 about 1.2km to the north-east of the old church, in what has become the main centre of population. Both churches were in use until 1994. In 1996 All Saints was declared pastorally redundant and because of its antiquity and interest it was vested in The Churches Conservation Trust on 1st January 2003, to be cared for by the Church and the nation.
Visiting: Arrangements to visit All Saints can be made by contacting the key holders Mary and Ben Dormer, tel: 01268 451459.
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Mary and Ben Dormer
Tel: (01268) 451459
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A Church Near You ID: 12540
Built: Late 1000
Archdeaconry: SOUTHEND (582)
Deanery: BASILDON (58202)
Benefice: Vange (08/426 J)
Parish Legal Name: Vange (580241 8/241)
CofE Church Info: (608241 8/241)
Short URL: acny.co.uk/12540/
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All Saints London Road, (500m from the Five Bells roundabout), Vange, Essex, SS16 4
