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!
- Aldeburgh
- Alderton
- Aspal
- Bacton
- Badingham
- Badwell Ash
- Bardwell
- Barningham
- Battisford
- Bedingfield
- Blyford HERE
- Blythburgh
- Botesdale
- Bramfield
- Bramford
- Brantham
- Brent Eleigh
- Brome
- Brundish
- Burgate
- Burgh
- Bury St Edmunds Cathedral
- Bury St Edmunds St Johns
- Bury St Edmunds St Marys
- Buxhall
- Chelsworth
- Chillisford
- Clare
- Coddenham
- Combs
- Cotton
- Cratfield
- Creetings - lost churches
- Crowfield
- Debach
- Debenham
- Dennington
- Drinkstone
- Earl Stonham
- East Bergholt
- Elmsett
- Eye
- Eyke
- Felixstowe
- Felsham
- Finningham
- Framlingham
- Friston
- Gipping
- Gislingham
- Great Ashfield
- Great Barton
- Great Bricett
- Great Finborough
- Great Livermere
- Grundisburgh
- Hadleigh
- Haughley
- Helmingham HERE
- Hemingstone
- Hepworth
- Hessett
- Hinderclay
- Hitcham
- Hollesley
- Hoo
- Hopton
- Hoxne
- Iken
- Ipswich St Mary Le Tower
- Ipswich St Mary At Elms
- Ixworth HERE
- Kenton
- Kettlebaston
- Lavenham
- Little Finborough
- Little Saxham
- Little Waldingfield HERE
- Mellis
- Mendlesham
- Monks Eleigh
- Needham Market
- Oakley
- Occold
- Old Newton
- Orford
- Palgrave
- Pettistree
- Playford
- Preston St Mary
- Rattlesden
- Redgrave
- Rickinghall Inferior
- Rickinghall Superior
- Ringshall
- Rushmere
- Saxmundham
- Shelland
- Sibton
- South Elmham
- Southwold
- Stoke Ash
- Stonham Aspal
- Stonham Parva
- Stowmarket
- Stowupland
- Stradbroke
- Stuston HERE
- Swilland
- Theberton
- Thorndon
- Thornham Magna
- Thornham Parva
- Thrandeston HERE
- Ufford
- Walberswick HERE
- Walsham le Willows
- Wenhaston HERE
- Westhorpe
- Westleton
- Wetherden
- Wetheringsett
- Wickham Market
- Wickham Skeith
- Wilby
- Winston
- Woodbridge
- Woolpit
- Worlingworth
- Wortham
- Wyverstone
- Yaxley
- Yoxford
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.
ReplyDeleteI can’t remember Creeting but the description of a lost church sent me scuttling to Google. Very interesting. J’nan
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
DeleteSome wonderful place names there! Plenty more scope for your visits.
ReplyDeleteCoincidence with your post of today!
DeleteA 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.
ReplyDeleteON of the many Saints up in a remote bit of north east Suffolk
DeleteSt 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.
ReplyDeleteI'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.
DeleteWow! That's a lot of churches. Such interesting names. Lots more still to go!
ReplyDeletePenny
100'S! - doubt I'll manage it in my lifetime
DeleteWhat 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.
ReplyDeleteAnd nearly every village also had Baptist, Methodist or other non conformist churches too.
DeleteOh 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. :-)
ReplyDeleteI'll list the ones that I have visited since I moved to this area - St Thomas'
There you go. ;-)
Your right about going nuts doing links - It will take me weeks - perhaps a snowy winter will get it done
DeleteDo 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.
ReplyDeleteI've not got those books - or Cautley's - way too expensive! Simon Knotts website is handy though
DeleteA blog should be useful to the blogger as well as its readers. Wow what a list!
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
It looks a longer list written out like that.
DeleteThe names are a trip in themselves!
ReplyDeleteSome interesting history connected with place names too
DeleteToo many churches!
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to see how many in a list!
DeleteI love your church posts and seeing the architecture as well as learning about the church history.
ReplyDeleteA 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.
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.
DeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteYikes! That's a serious list!
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, that is a great many churches to have visited and shared with all of us.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
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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