Greensted Church (near Chipping Ongar)
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North side. The tower is said to have been built in the 17th Century although some consider it to be earlier as there are a number of mediaeval wooden towers and belfries in the district. Image cannot be loaded
St Andrews Church, Greensted
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St Andrews is the oldest wooden church in the world. The original timbers have been dendro-dated to c.1060 although it is believed that there has been a church here since the 6th or 7th century. Image cannot be loaded
St Andrews Church, Greensted
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St Andrews is the oldest wooden church in the world. The original timbers have been dendro-dated to c.1060, although it is believed that there has been a church here since the 6th or 7th century. Image cannot be loaded
Greensted, inside St Andrew's Church
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This is the oldest wooden church in England (9th-10th centuries, some beams are of 6th-7th centuries) and claims to be one of the oldest surviving wooden structures in Europe.
Relics of St Edmund, patron-saint of England, were kept here for one night on their way from London to Bury St Edmunds early in 11th cent. Image cannot be loaded
Greensted Church (near Chipping Ongar)
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“Greensted Church is the oldest wooden Church in the world and the oldest wooden building standing in Europe.”
(Greensted Church guidebook). The growth rings on some of the timbers used to make the walls of the Church were analysed in the 1990s and according to the guide book they indicate the date of the Church to be around 1060/1063. Image cannot be loaded
Greensted Church (near Chipping Ongar)
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The oldest grave, lying adjacent to the entrance to the Church is that of a twelfth century Crusader, thought to be a bowman. Image cannot be loaded
A Slideshow of Greensted, in the county of Essex
