Hazeleigh is a village and
civil parish
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on the
Dengie peninsula
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Dengie is a peninsula in Essex, England, that once formed a hundred (subdivision), hundred of the same name (sometimes spelled Dengy).
The peninsula is formed by the River Crouch to the south, the River Blackwater, Essex, Blackwater to ...
in the English county of
Essex
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. It lies 2.6 miles south-west of
Maldon
Maldon (, locally ) is a town and civil parish on the River Blackwater, Essex, Blackwater estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon District and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. It is known for Maldon Sea ...
.
Hazeleigh's Parish Council
Hazeleigh and the neighbouring village of Woodham Mortimer share a joint Parish Council which meets monthly at Woodham Mortimer Village Hall.
Hazeleigh's churches
Hazeleigh's original timber-framed Church,
St. Nicholas's, was located in an isolated part of the village, next to the Old Hall, but by 1900 had fallen into disuse. Due to its size and lack of windows it was known locally as "the meanest church in England". It was pulled down in about 1922, although the last service had been held several years earlier, in 1906. One of the reasons it fell into disuse was that an
iron church was built in a more populous part of the village by the late-
Victorian vicar, Rev. William Stuart (brother of
Robert Stuart and father of
William Horwood Stuart, both diplomats). This iron church was later demolished as well, though, and the parish of Hazeleigh is now incorporated into that of
Woodham Mortimer
Woodham Mortimer is a village on the Dengie peninsula about three miles west-south-west of Maldon in the English county of Essex. The village is part of the Wickham Bishops and Woodham ward of the Maldon district.
History
The discovery of a ho ...
.
List of rectors
Rev. George Raynor, B.A. (1869-1889)
Rev. William Stuart, M.A. (1889-1896)
Rev. Gilbert Henry Raynor, M.A. (1896-1921)
Rev. Nathaniel Gentry (1708-1709 - Church Register)
External links
Photo of St. Nicholas's Church before demolition
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20081121070139/http://www.dengie.org.uk/woodmpc.htm Information of Hazeleigh and contact for the Parish Council
References
The collection of short stories
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The Night Chicago Died, , contains a story entitled ''The Meanest Church in England'' which references Hazeleigh.
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Villages in Essex
Maldon District