Tuesday, 29 July 2025

Suffolk Churches Visited A-Z

Apologies! ............This post is really just for me.

 It's an A-Z  list of the Suffolk Churches I've visited since 2018. It was a book published to celebrate 100 years of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich called '100 Treasures in 100 Suffolk Churches' that started it all, and I still haven't been to all 100 in the book but have visited many more, especially those local to home,  that aren't mentioned.

There are over 700 churches in Suffolk so a long way to go as yet.

Now this post will be in Labels and makes it easy to check where I've been!

Sometime - when there is time - in winter maybe - I'll make links so that clicking on a church will link to the actual post written about it. It'll take days!



  1. Aldeburgh
  2. Alderton
  3. Aspal
  4. Bacton
  5. Badingham
  6. Badwell Ash
  7. Bardwell
  8. Barningham
  9. Battisford
  10. Bedingfield
  11. Blyford
  12. Blythburgh
  13. Botesdale
  14. Bramfield
  15. Bramford
  16. Brantham
  17. Brent Eleigh
  18. Brome
  19. Brundish
  20. Burgate
  21. Burgh
  22. Bury St Edmunds Cathedral
  23. Bury St Edmunds St Johns
  24. Bury St Edmunds St Marys
  25. Buxhall
  26. Chelsworth
  27. Chillisford
  28. Clare
  29. Coddenham
  30. Combs
  31. Cotton
  32. Cratfield
  33. Creetings - lost churches
  34. Crowfield
  35. Debach
  36. Debenham
  37. Dennington
  38. Earl Stonham
  39. East Bergholt
  40. Elmsett
  41. Eye
  42. Eyke
  43. Felixstowe
  44. Felsham
  45. Finningham
  46. Framlingham
  47. Friston
  48. Gipping
  49. Gislingham
  50. Great Ashfield
  51. Great Barton
  52. Great Bricett
  53. Great Finborough
  54. Great Livermere
  55. Grundisburgh
  56. Hadleigh
  57. Haughley
  58. Helmingham
  59. Hepworth
  60. Hemingstone
  61. Hessett
  62. Hinderclay
  63. Hitcham
  64. Hollesley
  65. Hoo
  66. Hopton
  67. Hoxne
  68. Iken
  69. Ipswich St Mary Le Tower
  70. Ipswich St Mary At Elms
  71. Kenton
  72. Kettlebaston
  73. Lavenham
  74. Little Finborough
  75. Little Saxham
  76. Mellis
  77. Mendlesham
  78. Monks Eleigh
  79. Needham Market
  80. Oakley
  81. Occold
  82. Old Newton
  83. Orford
  84. Palgrave
  85. Pettistree
  86. Playford
  87. Preston St Mary
  88. Rattlesden
  89. Redgrave 
  90. Rickinghall Inferior
  91. Rickinghall Superior
  92. Ringshall
  93. Rushmere
  94. Saxmundham
  95. Shelland
  96. Sibton
  97. South Elmham
  98. Southwold
  99. Stoke Ash
  100. Stonham Aspal
  101. Stonham Parva
  102. Stowmarket
  103. Stowupland
  104. Stuston
  105. Swilland
  106. Theberton
  107. Thorndon
  108. Thornham Magna
  109. Thornham Parva
  110. Ufford
  111. Walberswick
  112. Walsham le Willows
  113. Wenhaston
  114. Westhorpe
  115. Westleton
  116. Wetherden
  117. Wickham Market
  118. Wickham Skeith
  119. Wilby
  120. Winston
  121. Woodbridge
  122. Woolpit
  123. Worlingworth
  124. Wortham
  125. Wyverstone
  126. Yaxley
  127. Yoxford

28 comments:

  1. Goodness, Sue, I always enjoy your church posts but hadn’t realised how many you’d visited. Also am amazed by the figure of >700 in the county.
    I can’t remember Creeting but the description of a lost church sent me scuttling to Google. Very interesting. J’nan

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    1. I think some of those 700 are Baptist, Methodist and URC which are not open except for services, so not as many as I thought to get to

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  2. Some wonderful place names there! Plenty more scope for your visits.

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  3. A useful resource! I use my old blogposts for reference too. I had wondered if there was a South Elmham somewhere. Norfolk Elmham is 4 miles up the road from me here in Norfolk. It has a lively parish church and the ruins of a Saxon Cathedral.

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    1. ON of the many Saints up in a remote bit of north east Suffolk

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  4. St Mary’s Mildenhall is worth visiting if you ever head west. You could couple it with the museum at nearby West Stow Saxon village as you head back to the A14.

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    1. I've been to West Stow Saxon Village lots of times but never been to Mildenhall. That part of Suffolk I don't know well as I never went there with mobile library and Colin never did bridge inspections in that part of the county very often, so I didn't get rides out that way.

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  5. Wow! That's a lot of churches. Such interesting names. Lots more still to go!
    Penny

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    1. 100'S! - doubt I'll manage it in my lifetime

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  6. What a holy lot you were in Suffolk. You do seem to have more than your fair share of churches, perhaps an indication of shifting populations.

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    1. And nearly every village also had Baptist, Methodist or other non conformist churches too.

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  7. Oh gosh that is quite a list. If you're going to add links to them I would suggest doing four or five at a time ... or you'll go mad. :-)

    I'll list the ones that I have visited since I moved to this area - St Thomas'

    There you go. ;-)

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    1. Your right about going nuts doing links - It will take me weeks - perhaps a snowy winter will get it done

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  8. Do you have the DP Mortlock book on Suffolk Churches? There is a newer one that is large and all one volumes, or you can get the older print which has three separate smaller volumes.

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    1. I've not got those books - or Cautley's - way too expensive! Simon Knotts website is handy though

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  9. A blog should be useful to the blogger as well as its readers. Wow what a list!
    Alison in Devon x

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    1. It looks a longer list written out like that.

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  10. The names are a trip in themselves!

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    1. Some interesting history connected with place names too

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  11. I love your church posts and seeing the architecture as well as learning about the church history.
    A total of 700 hundred churches in Suffolk is a lot of churches. Do they all have parishioners or are some considered solely historic, protected by the Trust and open to public?
    England's preservation of historic churches is impressive and a very great accomplishment.

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    1. The majority are still used, perhaps just once a month or a few times a year. Not many people go to church regularly though although the buildings are usually much loved by villagers.

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  12. Patricia (in West Suffolk)29 July 2025 at 18:41

    I know it's quite a trek for you but I would definitely recommend Kedington Church for a visit if you fancy a day out west.

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  13. Yikes! That's a serious list!

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  14. My goodness, that is a great many churches to have visited and shared with all of us.

    God bless.

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  15. Wow that's quite a few churches that you've visited - and many more still to go! I'm not a religious person, but so many of the churches are really beautiful and I do enjoy going to visit one or two!

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