St Andrew's Enfield

St Andrew's Enfield
St Andrew's Enfield
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Church of England
Website	Official website
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Administration
Diocese	London
Episcopal area	Edmonton
Archdeaconry	Hampstead
Deanery	Enfield
Parish	St Andrew's Enfield
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Steve Griffiths

St Andrew's Enfield is a

The first written evidence of there being a Parish Church in Enfield dates from 1136 when St Andrew's, along with a number of other neighbouring parishes, was endowed to the Monastery at Walden in Essex, now Saffron Walden. In 1190, Abbot Reginald of Walden appointed Robertus to serve as the first Vicar of Enfield.^[3]

The earliest known parts of St Andrew's date from the years immediately following the appointment of Robertus. Part of the east wall of the church and the south wall of the sanctuary date from this period, including the lancet-shaped unglazed window in the south wall of the sanctuary, opening today into the Artillery Chapel. Originally, of course, this south wall formed the external wall of the church and there are even traces in this window aperture of the sockets for the iron framework of the glass.^[3]

The 14th century saw much restoration and major enlargements to the church, including the construction of the north and south aisles (although the south aisle was much lower than the north, being raised to its present height only in 1824). The church tower is also 14th century, although much restored and altered in later years. The arches in the

A curious epitaph in the churchyard to Thomas Carter, who died in 1742, reads:[4]

Wail not our fate, wail for thy own;
We rest in peace, while you drudge on.

Gallery

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  Churchyard
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  Baptismal font
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  Pulpit
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  Altar
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  Wall painting (First World War memorial)
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  Organ

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