Saint Mary the Virgin, Foulness Island Saint Mary the Virgin, Foulness Island Saint Mary the Virgin is a parish of the Church of England on Foulness Island, in Essex, England. Before the 15th century, the island of Foulness was divided among several neighbouring parishes. The inhabitants were expected to attend church services in their respective mainland parish churches but in practice this must have been difficult and at times impossible, as in those days there was no bridge linking Foulness to the mainland. In 1407, Lady Joan de Bohun, Countess of Essex, obtained a licence from the Bishop of London to found a chantry of a
Lambay Island Lambay Island Lambay, sometimes referred to as Lambay Island (; called in ) lies in the Irish Sea off the coast of north County Dublin in Ireland. It is offshore from the headland at Portrane and is the easternmost point of the province of Leinster. Similarly named places are Lamba in the Faroe Islands and Lamba in Shetland. Ptolemy's "Geography" (2nd century AD) described an island called Εδρου ("Edrou"). PIE *"sed"- ‘to sit, settle’ had descendants in many languages, including Greek ἑδρα ("hedra") ‘sitting place’ whose many specific uses included ‘base for ships’. Lambay Island is the largest island off