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furnishings have all been dispersed now,
although I understand the font remains. In the
1970s, this was one of several Suffolk
churches sold off for secular residential
use. In all honesty, it was better to
lose this than nearby Boulge, Dallinghoo or Charsfield, and its
conversion was less of a loss than that
of Shipmeadow, Mickfield or Ubbeston, all medieval
gems. The village war memorial,
and several graves, have been corralled
by a hedge for public access, but the
church and the rest of the graveyard are
now private property.
The former
resident owners were friendly, and looked
kindly on those tracing ancestors'
graves, or even only interested in seeing
where those ancestors worshipped. When
they moved about five years ago, the
church was put up for sale for in the
region of £350,000. How anyone with that
kind of money could resist such a bargain
is beyond me. I'm not sure who lives
there now.
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