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St Mary the Virgin Church, East Bergholt

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St Mary the Virgin Church, East Bergholt

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    Location: East Bergholt, Babergh, Suffolk, East Of England, England, United Kingdom

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    August 10, 2018

    Hiking

    Whilst people have been worshipping on this spot for over 1,000 years, this beautiful church was originally built somewhere around 1350, nearly 700 years ago.

    It was originally designed with a tower in mind, but it was never completed. Legend says that every time the builders stopped for the night, the devil tore it down. Whatever happened, the five bells, considered the heaviest in England, are now housed in a bell cage and still rung before each service.

    August 27, 2022

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    St, Mary the Virgin Church is unusual for a number of reasons - firstly there is a foundation, but no tower. In this case not because it collapsed, but because it never got built, falling foul of the reformation, the wealth of the parish was appropriated to the Crown, and East Bergholt's tower never got built.

    Another unusual site is the bell cage - built as a temporary structure in 1531, it has withstood the test of time and it houses the heaviest peal of 5 in the world.
    A typical English church with a very old cemetery
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    1. Willy Lott's House & St Mary the Virgin church loop from Stratford St. Mary — Dedham Vale

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    Location: East Bergholt, Babergh, Suffolk, East Of England, England, United Kingdom

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