All Saints' Church, Rettendon has a friendly congregation and you are very welcome to our services and events.
Our most important activity is our main act of worship on Sundays at 11.15 a.m. This is usually the Parish Eucharist, but on the third Sunday we hold lay-led Morning Worship.
All Saints' is also a great place for your special events, a Baptism, your Wedding or even the Funeral of a loved one. Please contact us for more information.
HISTORY
The village of Rettendon is mentioned in the Doomsday Book (1086), and the earliest part of the church is the Norman south doorway and dates back to about 1200. The Nave and Chancel are from about the same period and with most of the rest of the church being built in the 15th Century. Some of the carving in the Chancel also dates back to this time but most of the present furniture was put in place when the church was restored in 1898. The tower was refurbished twice in the 20th Century. More recently, a kitchen was added in the Nave and disabled toilet at the base of the tower.
A couple of distinctive features about the church are the Humphrey Memorial and the two-storey vestry.
The marble Humphrey Memorial completely fills the east wall of the north aisle and dates back to 1727. Edmund Humphrey also left an endowment which founded Rettendon Primary School.
The vestry is a 15th addition to the church and the upper storey may well, at some time, have been occupied by an Anchorite or similar religious.
There is also a memorial to Richard Cannon (1605) who founded a trust which still support those in need in the parish.
