St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch

St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch
St Andrews Church, Hornchurch
Denomination	Church of England
Website	http://www.parishofhornchurch.co.uk/
Administration
Deanery	Havering
Archdeaconry	West Ham
Diocese	Chelmsford
Province	Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Barry Hobson

The church of St Andrew's, Hornchurch is a Church of England religious building in Hornchurch, England.

History

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]

Design

The current church is an example of late Gothic architecture.^[1]

Interments

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]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.havering.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4709
2. ^ Essex Review: An Illustrated Quarterly Record of Everything of Permanent Interest in the County, Vol. 5, Published by E. Durant and Co., 1896
3. ^ The History of Essex: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Elizabeth Ogborne, Printed for the Proprietors and sold by R.H. Kelham, London, 1814

Coordinates: 51°33′36″N 0°13′34″E / 51.560°N 0.226°E / 51.560; 0.226