St Mary's Church, Mildenhall

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

St Mary's Church, Mildenhall
St Mary's Church, Mildenhall
52°20′34.04″N 0°30′33.05″E
LocationMildenhall, Suffolk
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
Websitemildenhallanglicanchurches.org
History
DedicationSt Mary
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed
Specifications
Bells10
Tenor bell weight16 long cwt 3 qr 23 lb; 1,899 lb or 861 kg
Administration
DioceseDiocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
ArchdeaconrySuffolk
DeanerySudbury
ParishMildenhall

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

Bells

The church has a ring of 10 bells with the largest 8 bells cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry by Mears & Stainbank between 1887 and 1913. The ring was augmented to 10 with addition of 2 new trebles in 1946 cast by Gillett & Johnston in celebration of peace for the end of the World War II. The bells hang in steel & cast iron frame made by Mears & Stainbank and installed at the same time as the bells 4 to 9 were rehung in 1914. The tower is affiliated to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers.[3]

Bells of St Mary's Mildenhall[4]
Bell Date Note Diameter Founder Weight
long measure lb kg
Treble1946G25.75 in (65.4 cm)Gillett & Johnston 4 long cwt 1 qr 21 lb 497 225
2nd1946F26.50 in (67.3 cm)Gillett & Johnston 4 long cwt 3 qr  6 lb 538 244
3rd1887Eb28.50 in (72.4 cm)Mears & Stainbank 5 long cwt 1 qr 21 lb 609 276
4th1913D30.00 in (76.2 cm)Mears & Stainbank 5 long cwt 1 qr 27 lb 615 279
5th1913C31.75 in (80.6 cm)Mears & Stainbank 5 long cwt 3 qr  2 lb 646 293
6th1913Bb34.25 in (87.0 cm)Mears & Stainbank 6 long cwt 3 qr  0 lb 756 343
7th1913Ab37.50 in (95.3 cm)Mears & Stainbank 8 long cwt 0 qr 20 lb 916 415
8th1913G39.00 in (99.1 cm)Mears & Stainbank 9 long cwt 0 qr 18 lb 1,026 465
9th1913F42.50 in (108.0 cm)Mears & Stainbank 12 long cwt 0 qr  7 lb 1,351 613
Tenor1887Eb48.50 in (123.2 cm)Mears & Stainbank 16 long cwt 3 qr 23 lb 1,899 861

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.[5]

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. "The Suffolk Guild of Ringers, Mildenhall". www.suffolkbells.org.uk. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  4. "Dove Details". dove.cccbr.org.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  5. "The National Pipe Organ Register - NPOR".
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