St Germanus' Church, Faulkbourne

St Germanus, Faulkbourne

St Germanus Church is a parish church for the Essex village of Faulkbourne. It stands in the park of Faulkbourne Hall. It is Norman and hold many memorials to the Bullock family (inhabitants of the hall since the 17th century), formerly including the helm and pennon-rest of Sir Edward which was stolen in 1969. It is dedicated to Germanus of Auxerre and was restored in 1886 by the Rev. Frederick Spurrell, with the assistance of the architect Sir Arthur Blomfield. Rev. Spurrell presented a history of the church to the Essex Archaeological Society on 30 August 1877, a transcript of which can be found in their records. He dates the church as Norman, built towards the end of the reign of William I of England, and suggests that the reason for the building being dedicated to Saint Germanus is probably that it was consecrated on 31 July, his feast day. It is now served as part of the Witham and Villages Team Ministry.

List of rectors

Some of the Rectors of Faulkbourne include:

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Rev. John Harrison (1746-1798)
Rev. John Watson (1798-1818)
Rev. John Bullock (1818-1845)
Rev. Robert Burdett Burgess, M.A. (1845-1847)
Rev. Walter Trevelyan Bullock, M.A. (1847-1853)
Rev. Frederick Spurrell, M.A., A.K.C. (1853-1898)
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Rev. Canon Francis William Galpin (1921-1933)
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Rev. John Michael Hall (1993 - 2013)

Further reading

• A guide to Saint Germanus Church Faulkbourne, (Ed. David Andrews) compiled by the Parochial Church Council (2000), Faulkbourne Press, ISBN 978-0-9538028-1-4
  
• Faulkbourn Church, a paper by the Rev. Frederick Spurrell published in the Essex Archaeological Society Transperiodical (1878)