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Banbury Square, CHELMSFORD, CM3 1FD

Grade II listed late 16th century timber-framed house https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1122056. The name 'Badynghams' refers to a family who apparently lived on this site in the 14th century http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/asset658583-.html

Elizabethan Guildhall Building, often referred to as Babingtons

Outside the north-east corner of St Mary & St Lawrence Church; an unusual design of memorial for its date, with its conglomerate of rough stones clustered around the inscription at the base of the cross. There is also a memorial tablet to Colonel Fanshawe in St Albans Abbey. Did the early death of the son perhaps precipitate that of his grieving father? "To the beloved memory of CHARLES GOSTLING, Major General Royal Artillery, died at Waltham House, March 27t 1874, aged 77. "Also FANSHAWE WILLIAM GOSTLING, late Lt. Colonel 49th Regt, second son of the above, died January 18th 1874, aged 42."

Variously named as the Guildhall, Bollingtons and Badynghams. There is a plaque attached to the building that states John and Agnes Badyngham lived on this site in 1371. This building is late C16 so they must have lived in an earlier structure. See http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-112757-bollingtons-great-waltham-essex for entry in British Listed Buildings.

The chancel, nave and tower are C11. Remnants of round-arched C11 and C12 windows are visible. The roof is C16 and the tower was heightened in 1684 to accommodate a belfry. Inside there are C15 oak benches.

The village seen from the Essex Way, in Langleys Park.

The doorway of the south porch at the church of St Mary and St Lawrence is flanked by statues of the patron saints, probably designed by the diocesan architect Frederic Chancellor, who restored the porch in 1863. On the east side the Blessed Virgin holds the infant Christ. For more pictures of this church see Simon Knott's site http://www.flickr.com/photos/norfolkodyssey/sets/72157629317328679/

The original Norman church was built between 1080 and 1100, incorporating some reused Roman bricks. It was enlarged by the addition of a south aisle in the 14th century and finally the north aisle (seen here) in 1875, designed by the diocesan architect Frederic Chancellor. The aisles are unusually wide for a village church, so that the plan of the nave is almost square. The church is listed Grade I https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101122058-church-of-ss-mary-and-laurence-great-waltham Essex Churches http://www.simonknott.co.uk/essexchurches/gwaltham.htm