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However, a campaign has been launched to save the church, with residents arguing that the church still matters to members of the community whose relatives are buried there. Campaigner, Hannah Harmsworth, whose great-grandparents and grandmother are buried at the church, has reached out to the Chelmsford Diocese and to the church’s council to look into the possibility of allowing residents to run the church and community events. Hannah said: “We want the chance and the opportunity and if this fails after six months, we can say we did what we could to keep services, and the churchyard maintained.
“It is a small and quaint church with so much heritage and it is such a shame, what will happen if the church closes? Who will maintain it, the building would be shut and put up for sale.” She added: “If a cake sale is done and raises £500, why have we never had one done at the church before. A spokesperson for the Diocese of Chelmsford said: “A range of possibilities remain on the table for the future of All Saints Church in South Fambridge.
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