St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of EnglandThe Buildings of England: Suffolk: Nikolaus Pevsner. in Mildenhall, Suffolk.
History The church is mostly 14th century. Simon Jenkins awarded the church 4 stars in his 'England's Thousand Best Churches'.Simon Jenkins, English's Thousand Best Churches, Penguin 2009,
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.
+Bells of St Mary's Mildenhall Bell Date Note Diameter Founder Weight long measure lb kg Treble 1946G Gillett & Johnston 2nd 1946F Gillett & Johnston 3rd 1887Eb Mears & Stainbank 4th 1913D Mears & Stainbank 5th 1913C Mears & Stainbank 6th 1913Bb Mears & Stainbank 7th 1913Ab Mears & Stainbank 8th 1913G Mears & Stainbank 9th 1913F Mears & Stainbank Tenor 1887Eb Mears & Stainbank
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.
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