A sad indication of how our generation has turned away from the True Faith.The nearby Hall,goes from strength to strength but has abandoned Christianity,at their peril.This would have been an estate church,serving the Spiritual needs of a large country estate.But,with the landsfolk departing to the towns as agrarian revolution no longer needs them,attendance to the church has died.see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashbury
see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/190568
see http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/placeM/essexm10a.html