The Lady Chapel is a place of serenity and peace. The screens (at the front of this picture) and the panels beside the Altar bear the names of young Chigwell men who fought and died in two World Wars.  The Lady Chapel windows are all fairly recent, due to the bomb which exploded near the Churchyard wall in 1941.  One of the yew trees in the Churchyard still bears the scars from the blast.

To the South of the Altar is the monument to Thomas Colshill who dies in 1595 and shows him, his wife and two daughters all kneeling at a prayer desk.  He was Supervisor of the Great Custom of the City of London during the reigns of Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth I and was also a J.P. of the county.

In this Chapel are three tall oak pews with poppyheads, which served as choirstalls when this was the Chancel of the church.
 
 

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