St Mary's Church, Mildenhall | |
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52°20′34.04″N0°30′33.05″E / 52.3427889°N 0.5091806°E Coordinates: 52°20′34.04″N0°30′33.05″E / 52.3427889°N 0.5091806°E | |
Location | Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
Website | mildenhallanglicanchurches.org |
History | |
Dedication | St Mary |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade I listed |
Specifications | |
Bells | 10 |
Tenor bell weight | 16 long cwt 3 qr 23 lb; 1,899 lb or 861 kg |
Administration | |
Parish | Mildenhall |
Deanery | Sudbury |
Archdeaconry | Suffolk |
Diocese | Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich |
St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England [1] in Mildenhall, Suffolk.
The church is mostly 14th century. Simon Jenkins awarded the church 4 stars in his 'England's Thousand Best Churches'. [2]
The Parish of Mildenhall is part of the Mildenhall Team Ministry, along with the Parishes of:
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]
Bell | Date | Note | Diameter | Founder | Weight | ||
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long measure | lb | kg | |||||
Treble | 1946 | G | 25.75 in (65.4 cm) | Gillett & Johnston | 4 long cwt 1 qr 21 lb | 497 | 225 |
2nd | 1946 | F | 26.50 in (67.3 cm) | Gillett & Johnston | 4 long cwt 3 qr 6 lb | 538 | 244 |
3rd | 1887 | Eb | 28.50 in (72.4 cm) | Mears & Stainbank | 5 long cwt 1 qr 21 lb | 609 | 276 |
4th | 1913 | D | 30.00 in (76.2 cm) | Mears & Stainbank | 5 long cwt 1 qr 27 lb | 615 | 279 |
5th | 1913 | C | 31.75 in (80.6 cm) | Mears & Stainbank | 5 long cwt 3 qr 2 lb | 646 | 293 |
6th | 1913 | Bb | 34.25 in (87.0 cm) | Mears & Stainbank | 6 long cwt 3 qr 0 lb | 756 | 343 |
7th | 1913 | Ab | 37.50 in (95.3 cm) | Mears & Stainbank | 8 long cwt 0 qr 20 lb | 916 | 415 |
8th | 1913 | G | 39.00 in (99.1 cm) | Mears & Stainbank | 9 long cwt 0 qr 18 lb | 1,026 | 465 |
9th | 1913 | F | 42.50 in (108.0 cm) | Mears & Stainbank | 12 long cwt 0 qr 7 lb | 1,351 | 613 |
Tenor | 1887 | Eb | 48.50 in (123.2 cm) | Mears & Stainbank | 16 long cwt 3 qr 23 lb | 1,899 | 861 |
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]
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