What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Braintree.
St. Mary's Church in Fairstead, Essex, is a medieval church dedicated to St. Mary, with parts of the building dating back to the 12th century. It is significant as a long-standing place of worship in the rural parish and features architectural elements from the Norman and later periods.
Places near here
Fairstead HallListed building · 70 yd
The Old RectoryListed building · 349 yd
Stockley WoodWood · 585 yd
Galleycable WoodWood · 1016 yd
Cressing TempleScheduled monument · 2.4 mi
Cressing Temple BarnsVisitor information · 2.4 mi
St. Annes Castle, Great Leighs, EssexCastle, fort or tower · 2.5 mi
Moated site and two fishponds at Black Notley churchyard, 20m east of St Peter's and St Paul's ChurchScheduled monument · 2.6 mi
War memorialMemorial · 2.7 mi
WW2 Boreham Airfield USAF MemorialMonument · 2.9 mi
Giraffe sculpture at Freeport BraintreePublic sculpture · 3.4 mi
Water Tower, close to CressingCastle, fort or tower · 3.6 miOther information
Photo: Robert Edwards · CC BY-SA 2.0