The Church of St Peter, Yoxford

 The very last church in Suffolk.............. but only alphabetically!

Yoxford is a busy village, traffic passing through on two main roads and I've been through hundreds of times without stopping but as they were having a flower festival I knew the church would be open so went for a look round.

This old road sign shows that it's on a road to London 93 miles, Framlingham and Yarmouth

One of the Suffolk churches with a spire, this is a large church in the centre of the village. 

(Any spots on the photos are because it was raining - of course it was raining - it seems to be everlasting rain this year!)

Unusually it has no porch and the door is straight into the church, which is very wide and full of columns, arches and beams. The tables and chairs in the photos are because they were serving coffee and cakes. And I'd gone without breakfast so I could partake here.

The flower festival was different to the majority as it just had vases of flowers, no theme and no added extras. The font has good carvings

A lady was playing the organ which is in the very wide chancel, with quite fancy choir stalls on each side

Stained glass in the East window dates from 1920 and is also a war memorial remembering people from the village who died during WWI

Several of the original brasses have been taken from where they would have been - on the floor - and moved to the walls to preserve them

Side chapel altar in the north aisle

Lots of monuments to members of the Blois family

Many coats of arms and behind them under the tower you can see all the bell ringing ropes. The bells were being rung when I arrived but before I could get a photo they were ringing down each bell and finishing.

Some of the flushwork of flints making patterns by the door

Much more information on the Suffolk Churches Website

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