All Saints, Sandon, Staffordshire
There has been a church at this site in Sandon since at least 1130 when records confirm it was gifted to the Abbey of Combermere in Cheshire as part of a parcel of land in Sandon. No traces of the Norman church remain as the church has been adapted and rebuilt from the late 13th Century onwards.
Standing at the edge of the parkland of Sandon Hall, the church has been associated with a number of influential noble families; the impact of their patronage on the building has been significant. These range from the imposing Chancel tombs (including the impressive Sampson Erdeswicke monument erected by him two years before his death in 1603 and subsequently damaged, allegedly, by Roundhead soldiers on their way to the battle of Hopton Heath across the Trent valley in 1643) to the remodelling and restoration of the church and the provision of the stained glass windows. The Earls of Harrowby have owned Sandon Hall since 1777 and their impact on the church since then has been considerable, including major restorations in the mid 19th and early 20th centuries.
Sarah was employed at Sandon Hall as a Wet Nurse
