St Andrew and St Mary's Church, Stoke Rochford
| St Andrew and Mary’s Church, Stoke Rochford | |
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St Andrew and St Mary's church, Stoke Rochford
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| 52°50′09″N 0°38′06″W / 52.835803°N 0.63498205°WCoordinates: 52°50′09″N 0°38′06″W / 52.835803°N 0.63498205°W | |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Founded | 11th century |
| Dedication | Saint Andrew; Saint Mary |
| Architecture | |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 20 September 1966 |
| Architectural type | Norman; Perpendicular |
| Specifications | |
| Materials |
Ashlar and limestone rubble |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Stoke Rochford with Easton |
| Deanery | Deanery of Beltisloe |
| Diocese | Diocese of Lincoln |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Priest in charge | Eric Lomax (2015) |
St Andrew and St Mary’s Church is a Grade I listed Church of England parish church dedicated to Saint Andrew and Saint Mary, in the parish of Easton and the village of Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire, England. The church is situated 5 miles (8 km) south from Grantham, and at the western side of the Lincolnshire Vales in South Kesteven.
St Andrew and St Mary’s is significant for its association with, and memorials to, the Easton Hall Cholmeley and the Stoke Rochford Hall Turnor families.
The church is in the ecclesiastical parish of Stoke Rochford with Easton, and is part of the Colsterworth Group of Parishes in the Deanery of Loveden and the Diocese of Lincoln. Other churches in the same group are St John the Baptist’s, Colsterworth; St James’, Skillington; Holy Cross, Great Ponton; and St Cuthlac’s, Little Ponton. St Andrew and St Mary’s is within the Stoke Rochford conservation area.
St Andrew and St Mary’s parish register dates from 1663.
Domesday 1086 settlements associated with the present church and parish included Stoke, North Stoke and Ganthorpe (Ganthrop) in the Winnibriggs, and Easton in the Beltisloe Hundred. At the time the settlements were described with no priest or complete church. However, from physical dating evidence South Stoke church might have an 11th-century origin. By the late 12th century the church of St Andrew at North, and St Mary at South Stoke existed in records. At some point the deserted medieval village of Ganthorpe with its chapel was at the north of what became the Stoke Rochford Estate, the Hall itself sitting further south between the townships of North Stoke at its north, and South Stoke at its south. North Stoke was demolished in 1841–1843 during the rebuilding of the previous 1794 Stoke Rochford Hall and its Estate’s further enclosure, redesign and expansion.
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