Historic Churches in Suffolk

St Peter's is a pretty early 14th-century church in an idyllic rural setting. The church boasts a 15th-century Seven Sacrament font, one of just 40 in all of the UK. Beside the font is a 14th-century iron-bound parish chest, eight feet in length.
School Road, Monk Soham, Suffolk, England, IP13 7EN

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Heritage Highlight: 15th-century Seven Sacrament font

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St Peter's dates to the 14th century, but stands on the site of a Saxon church. The historic highlight is a wineglass pulpit carved around 1450. Look for excellent Victorian glass in the chancel and an early 17th-century pillar alms-box.
Church Hill, Monks Eleigh, Suffolk, England

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Heritage Highlight: 1450 wineglass pulpit

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A quite lovely Norman church that was rebuilt in the 14th century, All Saints consists of a nave, chancel, south porch, and west tower. Strangely, everything but the chancel is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, while the local parishioners still worship in the chancel.
Newton Green, Suffolk, England, CO10 0PQ

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Heritage Highlight: 13th century wall paintings

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St Bartholomew's was built around 1166 and rebuilt in 1320. Remains of the Norman chancel stand outside the east end of the present church. Inside is a superb collection of monumental brasses spanning the years 1480-1631. Composer Benjamin Britten is buried here.
Church Street, Orford, Suffolk, England, IP12 2LW

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Heritage Highlight: Superb collection of memorial brasses

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St Michael's is a late medieval church, heavily restored in 1861. The historic highlight is a 12th-century font with a simply carved bowl. Look for carvings of a dragon, or wyvern, and a woodwose, or wild man of the woods, on the south porch entrance arch.
Church Hill, Peasenhall, Suffolk, England, IP17 2HL

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Heritage Highlight: 12th-century font

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St Mary's stands beside the Gospel Oak where St Cedd preached in AD 653. The church incorporates Roman stones, and Norman brick arches - the oldest English bricks in existence. Look for the touching 17th-century memorial to Jacob Brand of Polstead Hall, and the 15th-century brass of a priest.
Water Lane, Polstead, Suffolk, England, CO6 5BS

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Heritage Highlight: The earliest Norman brickwork in Britain

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St Nicholas church dates to the 13th century and boasts a restored 15th-century angel roof, a superb early 20th-century rood screen, and 15th-century poppyhead bench ends. Look for the richly carved 14th-century font.
High Street, Rattlesden, Suffolk, England, IP30 0RG

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Heritage Highlight: Restored 15th-century angel roof

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This attractive rural church with a tower of white Woolpit brick stands apart from Redgrave village in a wooded setting. The church is primarily a product of the 14th century, and is a good example of Decorated style, though there have been many subsequent alterations over the centuries.
Churchway, Redgrave, Suffolk, England, IP22 1RJ

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St Gregory's church dates to the 14th century but probably stands on the site of a 7th-century royal church of the East Anglian king Raedwald, who is buried at nearby Sutton Hoo. Historic highlights include a beautifully carved 14th-century font and the ornate tomb of an unknown priest, also 14th century.
Ashe Road, Rendlesham, Suffolk, England, IP12 2QY

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century octagonal font

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There are two Rickinghall's, Superior and Inferior, and each has a church dedicated to St Mary. The epithet 'Superior' has nothing to do with the quality of the village; it is the equivalent of 'Upper', while 'Inferior' is 'Lower'. St Mary's church in Rickinghall Superior is cut off from its village by the main A143.
Rickinghall, Suffolk, England, IP22 1EZ

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