The Hidden Green Man in Essex

The medieval churches of Essex house one of history’s best kept secrets. They are frequently inhabited by a mysterious carving of an ancient male head, with foliage, usually oak leaves emerging from its mouth, ears, nose or eyes. He is surprisingly common in Essex, has many guises and is concealed in nooks, roofs, sometimes barely discernible on fonts, but may also be found lurking on roofs, walls, and hidden niches of churches.

Places featured:
Mountnessing; Coggeshall; Bulmer, Blechamp St Paul; Kelvedon; Great Canfield; Birdbrook; Waltham Abbey; Shenfield; Matching; West Hanningfield; Colchester; Great Sampford; Finchingfield; Little Leighs; Maldon; South Ockendon; Great Dunmow; Great Braxted; Henham; Little Dunmow; Margaretting; Stock; Thaxted; Sheering; Herongate; Matching; Stock; Toot Hill.