English Heritage sites near Pleshey Parish
PRIOR'S HALL BARN
13 miles from Pleshey Parish
One of the finest surviving medieval barns in eastern England, tree-ring dated to the mid-15th century, with a breathtaking aisled interior and crown post roof, the product of some 400 oaks.
HILL HALL
14 miles from Pleshey Parish
This fine Elizabethan mansion features some of the earliest external Renaissance architectural detail in the country.
AUDLEY END HOUSE AND GARDENS
17 miles from Pleshey Parish
One of England's finest country houses, Audley End is also a mansion with a difference. Enjoy a great day out.
WALTHAM ABBEY GATEHOUSE AND BRIDGE
19 miles from Pleshey Parish
A fine 14th century gatehouse, bridge and other remains of the abbey refounded by Harold, last Saxon King of England.
HADLEIGH CASTLE
20 miles from Pleshey Parish
The romantic ruins of a royal castle overlooking the Essex marshes. Hadleigh was begun in about 1215 by Hubert de Burgh, but extensively refortified by Edward III during the Hundred Years War.
LEXDEN EARTHWORKS AND BLUEBOTTLE GROVE
21 miles from Pleshey Parish
The banks and ditches of a series of late Iron Age defences protecting the western side of Camulodunum – pre-Roman Colchester.
Churches in Pleshey Parish
Pleshey: Holy Trinity
The Street
Pleshey
Chelmsford
01245237237
Holy Trinity Pleshey has a mixture of traditional and modern services, including traditional BCP services, Common Worship Holy Communion, Morning and Evening Prayer. It is a friendly and welcoming church, served by a ministry team of lay and ordained ministers and with a tradition of stimulating preaching. The church is open for prayer daily until dusk.
The church at Pleshey was orginally part of of a college founded in 1394 by Thomas, Duke of Gloucester, who also held Pleshey Castle. There was already a parish church at Pleshey, but it was apparently on a different site in the NW part of the village as the parson and parishioners gave their consent to moving the church. It is likely that the parishioners subsequently used the nave of the collegiate church as the parish church, as they purchased the nave after the college was dissolved at the Reformation. The church was rebuilt in brick in the C18, retaining only the medieval crossing arches, but the whole building, except for part of the crossing was rebuilt in 1868. The architect, Frederic Chancellor of Chelmsford and London was a well known church architect who worked widely in Essex, London and elsewhere.
Holy Trinity, Pleshey is designated at Grade II* for the following principal reasons:
* The core of the central tower retains features from a collegiate church of the very late C14.
* It was handsomely rebuilt in 1868 by Frederic Chancellor, a well known church architect, in a boldly picturesque manner, and retains many contemporary furnishings.
* It has excellent C15 tomb slabs and C18 monuments. ( Historical information from English Heritage)
During the summer our Pleshey Teas offer tea/cofffee and homemade cakes in our beautiful churchyard (see details under Events).
Holy Trinity Pleshey is a member of the North Chelmsford Mission & Ministry Partnership, whose purpose is to enable our churches to work together and support each other in mission and ministry to every community in the North Chelmsford area.
Pubs in Pleshey Parish
Leather Bottle
New tenants just arrived end of January 23. Opening times for February are from noon at the weekend and 3pm during the week with no set closing times.
Undergoing refurbishment hopes to be fully operational during March. Bar snacks and meal...
White Horse
White Horse, Pleshey