St Mary's church in Yaxley - view east

Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 23 May 2010

The tower of St Mary's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1878104 dates from the 14th century and the building has a large and attractive late medieval porch with a room above but the perhaps most noteworthy feature of the church is the Sexton's wheel. The church's greatest treasure is the Sexton's wheel > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1878138 - one of only two that have survived in East Anglia (the other one > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1363791 is at nearby St Mary's church in Long Stratton, Norfolk, about 15 kilometres distant). The 15th century rood screen is still in place albeit with its panels > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1878161 much defaced. Above the chancel arch the remains of a doom painting can be seen, and the Jacobean pulpit > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1878169 below is considered by many to be the best of its type in Suffolk. The east window contains stained glass > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1878237 dating from several centuries, some of it medieval. It was installed in the late 1800s and came from a private collection.

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