Now this is a strange one! All the history is HERE on the Suffolk Churches website
The church as it is now, is the third church in Walberswick and was built in the ruins of the second huge Catholic church that became much too big for the congregation after Henry VIII changed the country's religion. The tower remains from the original church which was one of the biggest in the country when it was finished in the 1490's. But just 200 years later the congregation asked for permission to rebuild the smaller church.
The altar has something I'd never heard of before .......... a Supermensa - which is a consecrated stone slab from medieval times, rescued from the ruined church.
Remnants of stained glass from the large church have been used in this window.
In among the ruins you can see just how big the church was originally.
It's always interesting to see how far back the names of the Vicars were known. The current Team Rector - Russell Gant was at primary school at the same time as eldest daughter and was one of my Cub Scouts. I had no idea he was a vicar but looked him up online and yes he is the Russell Gant from all those years ago.
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