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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Loose (pronounced looze) is a village 2 miles south of the county town of Maidstone and the church of All Saints lies close to the river Loose. | Loose (pronounced looze) is a village and civil parish 2 miles south of the county town of Maidstone and the church of All Saints lies close to the river Loose.See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loose,_Kent+ Loose Kent Wikipedia]<br> | ||
All Saints was originally a chapelry of [[Maidstone All Saints, Kent]] which was later enlarged to form an Ecclesiastical parish. The church is on the site of a former Saxon church and the oldest part of the building dates from the 14th century and churchwarden's accounts from 1364.<br> | All Saints was originally a chapelry of [[Maidstone All Saints, Kent]] which was later enlarged to form an Ecclesiastical parish in the Diocese of Canterbury. The church is on the site of a former Saxon church and the oldest part of the building dates from the 14th century and churchwarden's accounts from 1364.<br> | ||
The church was restored and additions made in subsequent centuries; in 1819 and 1860 North and South Aisles were added . In 1878 serious fire damage lead to major restoration | The church was restored and additions made in subsequent centuries; in 1819 and 1860 North and South Aisles were added . In 1878 serious fire damage lead to major restoration.<br> | ||
The Reverend Richard Boys was vicar here and is buried in the churchyard. He was chaplain to St Helena during the exile of Napoleon Bonaparte. The church also has | The Parish church of All Saints, Church Street, Loose has been designated asa grade II* listed building [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-432795-church-of-all-saints-loose+ British listed building] | ||
See Edward Hasted The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 4 (1798), pp. 359-365 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53812+ at British History Online] and [http://www.kentchurches.info/church.asp?p=Loose+ Kent Churches website]<br> | |||
The Reverend Richard Boys was vicar here and is buried in the churchyard. He was chaplain to St Helena during the exile of Napoleon Bonaparte. The church also has memorials to the Fairfax family who held the Leeds Castle estates. One former vicar of the parish assumed the arms and name of Fairfax and the estates. | |||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||