St Mary's Church, Mildenhall

St Mary's Church, Mildenhall
St Mary's Church, Mildenhall
52°20′33.49″N 0°30′31.64″E / 52.3426361°N 0.5087889°E / 52.3426361; 0.5087889Coordinates: 52°20′33.49″N 0°30′31.64″E / 52.3426361°N 0.5087889°E / 52.3426361; 0.5087889
Location Mildenhall, Suffolk
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Website mildenhallanglicanchurches.org
History
Dedication St Mary
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade I listed
Administration
Parish Mildenhall
Deanery Sudbury
Archdeaconry Suffolk
Diocese Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

St Mary's Church, Mildenhall is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England[1] in Mildenhall, Suffolk.

History

The church is mostly 14th century. Simon Jenkins awarded the church 4 stars in his 'England's Thousand Best Churches'.[2]

Memorials

  • Sir Henry Barton, Lord Mayor of London 1416 and 1428. Cenotaph. South aisle.
  • Sir Henry North (d.1620) alabaster tomb chest with effigies of him and his family. South aisle.
  • Roger North, d.1651 and Thomasina North, d.1661. Wall tablets
  • Sir Henry North (d.1671) . Wall tablet. Chancel arch.
  • Sir Henry Warner (d.1617) and Edward Warner, and to Mary Warner (d.1601). Wall tablet. Chancel.
  • William Coe (diarist) (d.1729). A floor slab in the vestry.
  • Henry Bunbury (d.1722). Wall tablet. South aisle.
  • Revd. John Hunt (d.1736). Wall tablet. Chancel.

Parish status

The Parish of Mildenhall is part of the Mildenhall Team Ministry, along with the Parishes of:

  • St Mary the Virgin's Church, Barton Mills
  • St John's Church, Beck Row with Kenny Hill
  • St Laurence & St Peter's Church, Eriswell
  • St Andrew's Church, Freckenham
  • St Ethelbert's Church, Herringswell
  • St James's Church, Icklingham
  • St Christopher's Church, Red Lodge
  • St Mary & St Andrew's Church, Tuddenham with Cavenham
  • St Andrew's Church, Cavenham
  • St Peter's Church, West Row
  • All Saints' Church, Worlington

Organ

The church has a two manual pipe organ dating from 1865 by Father Henry Willis. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [3]

References

  1. ↑ The Buildings of England: Suffolk: Nikolaus Pevsner.
  2. ↑ Simon Jenkins, English's Thousand Best Churches, Penguin 2009, ISBN 978-0-14-103930-5
  3. ↑ http://npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N12257
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