St Mary's Church, Buxhall

 A very typical Suffolk Church in a small Suffolk village not far out of Stowmarket.

The view down the nave is light and bright 

The first thing I noticed were the lovely stitched kneelers and I thought of the churches I'd visited after lockdown finished when all the kneelers were locked away in a taped off pew as if you could catch covid through your knees from something used once a week at most.

Both doorways at the top and bottom of a tiny stairway that would have lead up to the Rood Loft

Very little stained glass remains

Wonder why there seems to be 2 Piscinas?

Like it's neighbour at Gt Finborough which I wrote about last week Buxhall church is very close to the Big House and almost sits of the Hall's front lawn

There's a memorial to the Hill/Copinger family who lived in the Hall for centuries. 3 very small children included here the mid 1700's couldn't have been a good time for children's health.

This looks to be small broken pieces of old glass that have been saved and re-used.

The ropes in the belfry are ready for the bell-ringers. Quite unusual to be able to see the ringers from the church.

For some reason I'd been thinking that this was the church where I was a Bridesmaid for  a wedding, way back in 1962.

But the more I think about it the less sure I am - it might have been  Battisford, a church  I visited in 2018 but on that post I said I didn't think it was. I need my cousin  A to read this - she might know! (I was bridesmaid for "Aunty" Primrose who was her Mum's and my Dad's cousin. Everyone was an Aunty back then - even people who were no relation!)

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