St Mary's church in Earl Soham - Jacobean pulpit
Introduction
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St Mary's church in Earl Soham - Jacobean pulpit
Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 2 Oct 2010
St Mary's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2093543 dates from the 13th century and was originally dedicated to St. Andrew. The nave was rebuilt in the 15th century. During extensive restoration work, starting in 1890, the east window was replaced and the Jacobean box pews were replaced with individual wooden chairs. The box pews had incorporated earlier carved pew ends dating from the 15th century > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2095400. A few of these were saved and stored in the loft of one of the Rectory barns, only to be rediscovered again in 1928. Additional pew ends > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2095395 were created by a group of woodcarvers based at Eyke and the seats and bench backs were mostly made locally in the workshops of Wm Baldry. The salvaged medieval bench ends can be found in the first five rows. The benches were installed in the 1930s.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.222562
Longitude
1.272993