Thaxted Church_Thaxted Essex UK September 2024 Bronze head of Conrad Noel Vicar of Thaxted 1910-1942 by Gertrude Hermes. Conrad Noel was known as 'Th
Thaxted Church_Thaxted Essex UK September 2024 Bronze head of Conrad Noel Vicar of Thaxted 1910-1942 by Gertrude Hermes. Conrad Noel was known as 'The Red Vicar of Thaxted' due to his political socialist views. Conrad le Despenser Roden Noel (12 July 1869 – 22 July 1942) was an English priest of the Church of England. Known as the 'Red Vicar' of Thaxted, he was a prominent Christian socialist. Early life Noel was born on 12 July 1869 in Royal Cottage, Kew Green, London, the eldest son of the poet and essayist Roden Noel, who served as Groom of the Privy Chamber, and his wife Alice Maria Caroline Noel (née de Broë). His paternal grandfather was Charles Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough, and his paternal grandmother Lady Gainsborough was a lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria.[2] Noel's parents were both Anglican, though in his youth, Noel repudiated the Calvinism of his mother and attended higher-church services with his father.[3] Interior details of The Church of Saint John the Baptist with Our Lady and Saint Laurence is the parish church of the town of Thaxted in Essex, England. The present church was built over an extended period between c. 1380 and 1510 in the English Perpendicular style. Sitting on top of a hill with a slender spire reaching 181 feet (55 m) high, the church is one of the largest in the county, overlooking the town and the surrounding countryside. Its size is an indication of the former prosperity of the town, because of the medieval cutlery and wool trades that once flourished here. The church has earned the epithet "the Cathedral of Essex". The church is a Grade I Listed Building on the National Heritage List.
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Location: Thaxted Essex England UK
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