The church of St. Nicholas is late Norman and Gothic, building having commenced around 1180. The fine double hammerbeam roof is attributed to Thomas Loveday, who was responsible for work on St John's College, Cambridge. Its Romanesque wheel window and cemetery cross are remnants of the Norman church.
The church has a ring of 6 bells. https://dove.cccbr.org.uk/detail.php?tower=11865[2]
Exterior, St Nicholas' Church, Castle HedinghamSoutheast view of St Nicholas' Church, Castle Hedingham, Essex
The village was served by Sible and Castle Hedingham railway station which was opened by Colne Valley & Halstead Railway Company in 1867. The station closed in 1964 and was dismantled and rebuilt in 1974 on a new site to the north west of the village by the Colne Valley Railway Preservation Society.
Castle Hedingham Pottery was an art pottery studio run by Edward Bingham at Castle Hedingham from about 1864 until 1901.
Notable residents
Sir John Hawkwood, of "The White Company" famous Knight in Florence Italy, as shown in a fresco in the Duomo painted by Paolo Uccello as a memorial to this renowned commander who earlier served under the Black Prince. Born in 1320 at Sible Hedingham died at Florence March 16, 1394-5 and after a magnificent funeral, his body was returned to England by King Richard ll. A monument was placed in St Peter church along with a chapelry in that church and in Castle Hedingham. [ Robert Coe Puritan His Ancestors and Descendants by J.B. Bartlett, pages 15-16]
Interior of St. Nicholas' Church
Edward Bingham, Victorian potter whose Castle Hedingham Ware has become increasingly sought after.
Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet, founder of the RSPCA, Member of Parliament and social reformer who was a leading abolitionist in the 19th century and took over William Wilberforce's leadership of the anti slavery movement in the House of Commons when the latter retired.
Edmund Powell, vicar of St Nicholas Church 1917 - 1921
References
^"Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^"Tower details". dove.cccbr.org.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^Borg, James M. (2004). "Davies, Ann Lorraine [known as Ann Lindsay] (1914–1954), actress and translator". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/68985. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 15 April 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castle Hedingham.
SEAX Archaeology - Unlocking Essex's Past (archived from the original on 3 June 2016). An in-depth essay about Castle Hedingham.
Hedingham School
A brief history of the village
Voices from the Pews - National Lottery Heritage Fund project which has funded the repair of the church roof, and is sharing church and village heritage with new and diverse audiences.
Blue Lagoon - Inscription from Henry de Vere Stacpoole to his friend George Morris Phillips 1915