Faulkbourne
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Faulkbourne is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Essex, England, about 2 miles north-west of Witham.
According to Faulkbourne's Victorian era rector, the Rev. Frederick Spurrell, the name of the village (which was also occasionally spelled "Faulkbourn") probably comes from the Old English word "falk" or "folc" (meaning "folk") and "burn" (meaning "well").
The Church
The church, which stands close to Faulkbourne Hall, the former residence of the Bullock family, is dedicated to Saint Germanus 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.
Faulkbourne was visited in April 1885 by Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (Queen Victoria's daughter), who stood as sponsor at the christening of one of the Bullock family of Faulkbourne Hall.
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. John Michael Hall (current Rector of Fairstead with Terling and White Notley with Faulkbourne)
Further reading
For more information on the church, see
A guide to Saint Germanus Church Faulkbourne, compiled by the Parochial Church Council (2000), Faulkbourne Press, ISBN 0-9538028
Faulkbourn Church, a paper by the Rev. Frederick Spurrell published in the Essex Archaeological Society Transperiodical (1878)
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