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WJ Ennever (1869-1947). From the portrait by J Seymour R.A., exhibited in the Royal Academy.

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Tree: 1. Essex Ennevers
Notes: The old church
Until the 20th century, Kelvedon Hatch was a rural parish with a sparse population. In the south of the parish was an area of common land around which were a few scattered cottages. The church was situated two miles to the north of the present church in the grounds of Kelvedon Hall.

In 1540 Kelvedon Hall estate was purchased by John Wright, a yeoman, and it was to remain in his family for the next 400 years. The advowson descended with the manor of Kelvedon Hall until the 19th century. However, from the early 17th century the Wrights became Roman Catholics and lost the right to present incumbents. The medieval church was completely rebuilt in 1753 at a cost of £1,681.

The building of the new church
By the late 19th century, the centre of the parish had shifted away from Kelvedon Hall. The village was expanding on the former common land, and the new school building was also being used for services and prayers.

In 1892, the rector, the Rev. David Peregrine, proposed building a new church. After an energetic fund raising campaign the building commenced in September 1894 and the church was consecrated on 1 November, 1895.

Architecture
The church was designed by John Newman F.R.I.B.A., who lived in the village. His design shows the late Victorian interest in the skill of the craftsman and the rejection of industrialisation. It is built of red brick, left exposed internally, and consists of chancel, nave, organ chamber, vestry and south porch. Above the porch is a small bell tower with a louvred belfry and shingled spire. The impressive hammer beam roof is exposed. The pulpit, lectern, chancel screen and the font cover are fine examples of wrought-iron work and were produced in the same workshop in Maldon, Essex, in 1898.

The font is late 14th-century and was brought from the old church. There is a small carved face in the upper panel of the font facing east. The pews and bell are also from the old church. The bell, cast circa 1450, is inscribed 'Sancte Andree ora pro nobis' (Saint Andrew pray for us) and probably originated from another church - as yet unidentified.

The silver communion plate, consisting of a chalice and paten, was presented to the church by members of the Luther family of Great Myles's and bear the date 1674.

The window immediately behind the altar contains glass from the old church. The triple window above the altar, representing Our Lord in Glory, with St John and St Paul on either side, was given by a former rector, the Rev. William Orme, to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. On the south side of the nave, the Rev. and Mrs Orme are themselves commemorated in a window which depicts St Cecilia. On the same side, a small window in memory of George, 8th Lord Rodney, and another window to the Hon. Simon Rodney who lived at Brizes Park; opposite, is a window to the memory of his wife Sadie. Also on the north side are windows commemorating Mr and Mrs Bertram Jones, Mr John Page Fitch, Mrs Betty Jeffreys and her son David Jeffreys, and Mr Ted Fulcher.

Brass memorials to members of the Wright and Luther families are to be found on the walls. These were recovered from the old church, as were a number of gravestones now in the churchyard. On the wall to the left of the entrance door is a list of the rectors since 1372.

The old church has fallen into disuse and disrepair. It now lies derelict and abandoned in the grounds of Kelvedon Hall.

Latitude: 51.6586389, Longitude: 0.2556139

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Places » Slide Show		Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex Courtesy of www.essexchurches.info
		The new church under construction - 1895 Source: http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/kelvedonhatch/stnicholas.html
		The old church late 19th century Source: http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/kelvedonhatch/stnicholas.html
		Notes from the Baptism register Notes about the demolition & rebuilding of the church from the baptismal register of 1812

Christened

Matches 1 to 46 of 46

	Last name, First name(s)	Christened		Person ID	Tree
1	BARNARD, John	23 Feb 1864	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16486	1. Essex Ennevers
2	ENEVER, Abram	8 Feb 1874	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15116	1. Essex Ennevers
3	ENEVER, Alfred	25 Jun 1848	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I29773	1. Essex Ennevers
4	ENEVER, Ann	9 Jan 1842	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15072	1. Essex Ennevers
5	ENEVER, Charlotte	5 Apr 1829	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16332	1. Essex Ennevers
6	ENEVER, Eliza Ann	28 Aug 1853	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16483	1. Essex Ennevers
7	ENEVER, Elizabeth	3 Aug 1817	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16312	1. Essex Ennevers
8	ENEVER, Ellen	19 Dec 1841	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15515	1. Essex Ennevers
9	ENEVER, Fanny	10 Sep 1837	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15069	1. Essex Ennevers
10	ENEVER, George	11 Apr 1813	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16311	1. Essex Ennevers
11	ENEVER, George	18 Mar 1838	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15514	1. Essex Ennevers
12	ENEVER, George	17 Oct 1841	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16325	1. Essex Ennevers
13	ENEVER, George	30 Aug 1868	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16346	1. Essex Ennevers
14	ENEVER, Henrietta	1 Sep 1850	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15519	1. Essex Ennevers
15	ENEVER, Isaac	23 Feb 1823	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16331	1. Essex Ennevers
16	ENEVER, James	14 Nov 1824	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16328	1. Essex Ennevers
17	ENEVER, James	11 Jun 1848	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16327	1. Essex Ennevers
18	ENEVER, Jane	15 Dec 1844	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16326	1. Essex Ennevers
19	ENEVER, John	19 Jul 1846	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15518	1. Essex Ennevers
20	ENEVER, Joseph	6 Apr 1851	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16333	1. Essex Ennevers
21	ENEVER, Joseph Alfred	19 Dec 1869	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16347	1. Essex Ennevers
22	ENEVER, Laura	9 Jan 1876	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15117	1. Essex Ennevers
23	ENEVER, Louisa	22 Nov 1857	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16484	1. Essex Ennevers
24	ENEVER, Margaret	30 Jun 1844	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15516	1. Essex Ennevers
25	ENEVER, Mary	18 May 1830	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15107	1. Essex Ennevers
26	ENEVER, Mary Ann	14 Nov 1858	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16335	1. Essex Ennevers
27	ENEVER, Matilda	12 Feb 1837	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15517	1. Essex Ennevers
28	ENEVER, Rebecca	17 Mar 1839	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16324	1. Essex Ennevers
29	ENEVER, Richard	6 Dec 1818	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16313	1. Essex Ennevers
30	ENEVER, Robert	12 Jan 1823	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16314	1. Essex Ennevers
31	ENEVER, Robert	11 Aug 1844	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15073	1. Essex Ennevers
32	ENEVER, Thomas	7 Oct 1810	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16310	1. Essex Ennevers
33	ENEVER, Thomas	16 Sep 1832	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16329	1. Essex Ennevers
34	ENEVER, Walter	30 Jul 1848	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I29774	1. Essex Ennevers
35	ENEVER, William	27 Dec 1807	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16309	1. Essex Ennevers
36	ENEVER, William	11 Mar 1821	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16330	1. Essex Ennevers
37	ENEVER, William	15 Apr 1855	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16334	1. Essex Ennevers
38	ENEVER, William	17 Dec 1871	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16348	1. Essex Ennevers
39	ENEVER, William	7 Jan 1872	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15115	1. Essex Ennevers
40	ENNEVER, James	28 Jul 1805	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16308	1. Essex Ennevers
41	PORTER, Agnes Ellen	26 Jun 1864	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I17006	1. Essex Ennevers
42	PORTER, Fanny Rebecca	16 Jan 1870	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I17015	1. Essex Ennevers
43	PORTER, George Charles	12 Apr 1868	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I17007	1. Essex Ennevers
44	PORTER, Sidney Walter	19 Nov 1871	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I17008	1. Essex Ennevers
45	PORTER, William John	8 Apr 1866	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15472	1. Essex Ennevers
46	RILEY, John	18 Aug 1811	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I29438	1. Essex Ennevers

Died

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	Last name, First name(s)	Died		Person ID	Tree
1	ENEVER, Elizabeth	5 May 1813	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16315	1. Essex Ennevers

Buried

Matches 1 to 11 of 11

	Last name, First name(s)	Buried		Person ID	Tree
1	BARNS, Amelia	1 Mar 1834	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15106	1. Essex Ennevers
2	ENEVER, Charlotte	19 May 1829	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16332	1. Essex Ennevers
3	ENEVER, Elizabeth	26 Oct 1817	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16312	1. Essex Ennevers
4	ENEVER, Isaac	10 Feb 1824	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16331	1. Essex Ennevers
5	ENEVER, John	19 Oct 1833	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16279	1. Essex Ennevers
6	ENEVER, John	23 Dec 1858	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16306	1. Essex Ennevers
7	ENEVER, Richard	10 Nov 1840	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16313	1. Essex Ennevers
8	ENEVER, Robert	19 Mar 1823	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16314	1. Essex Ennevers
9	ENEVER, William	30 Jul 1843	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16309	1. Essex Ennevers
10	ENNEVER, James	15 Dec 1837	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16308	1. Essex Ennevers
11	MILES, Lucy	27 Mar 1864	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16323	1. Essex Ennevers

Christening

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

	Last name, First name(s)	Christening		Person ID	Tree
1	ENEVER, Joseph Alfred	19 Dec 1869	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I16347	1. Essex Ennevers

Witness

Matches 1 to 3 of 3

	Last name, First name(s)	Witness		Person ID	Tree
1	ENEVER, Sidney Frederick	10 Oct 1925	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I15120	1. Essex Ennevers
2	PORTER, Robert Arthur Sidney	10 Oct 1925	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I17013	1. Essex Ennevers
3	PORTER, Robert Arthur Sidney	19 Dec 1925	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	I17013	1. Essex Ennevers

Married

Matches 1 to 13 of 13

	Family (spouse)	Married		Family ID	Tree
1	ENEVER / BARNS	5 Apr 1820	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	F4488	1. Essex Ennevers
2	ENEVER / CRABB	1870	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	F4490	1. Essex Ennevers
3	ENEVER / HOBBY	1897	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	F4492	1. Essex Ennevers
4	ENEVER / MILES	1838	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	F4873	1. Essex Ennevers
5	ENEVER / PORTER	10 Oct 1925	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	F9003	1. Essex Ennevers
6	ENEVER / RILEY	1 Nov 1818	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	F4623	1. Essex Ennevers
7	ENEVER / RILEY	2 Jan 1835	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	F4478	1. Essex Ennevers
8	ENEVER / TARLING	1880	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	F4880	1. Essex Ennevers
9	GREENHILL / ENEVER	1857	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	F4913	1. Essex Ennevers
10	PORTER / ENEVER	Aft Apr 1861	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	F5078	1. Essex Ennevers
11	QUILTER / CLARK	1867	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	F5660	1. Essex Ennevers
12	ROAST / ENEVER	1866	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	F5659	1. Essex Ennevers
13	ROAST / PORTER	19 Dec 1925	Parish Church, St Nicholas, Kelvedon Hatch, Essex	F8664	1. Essex Ennevers