East Bergholt St Mary the Virgin Bells Suffolk RP 1940s

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  East Bergholt Bells, looks like real photo
• Publisher:  HA Randall, Bergholt
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  n/a
• Postmark(s): n/a
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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East Bergholt is a village in the south of Suffolk, England, just north of the Essex border. It is "twinned" with the village of Barbizon, France.

East Bergholt and Hadleigh are the largest villages in the Stour Valley, a region historically known for its manufacture of linens^{[citation needed]} The nearest town and railway station, a few miles away, is Manningtree, Essex. East Bergholt is situated 10 miles north of Colchester and 8 miles south of Ipswich.

During the 16th century, its inhabitants became well-known for Protestant radicalism^{[citation needed]} A few of its citizens were martyred during the reign of Queen Mary I, and the Protestant martyrologist John Foxe recorded their stories in his famous work Acts and Monuments (also known as Foxe's Book of Martyrs).

East Bergholt is the birthplace of the painter John Constable. Flatford and Dedham, Essex (both made famous by John Constable) are within "easy" walking distance of East Bergholt

The Church of St. Mary the Virgin was built in the 15th and 16th centuries, but is well known for the absence of a tower or spire to house the bells. Work had begun on a tower in 1525, but Cardinal Wolsey's fall from grace in 1530 brought construction to a halt, and the following year a temporary wooden bellcage was erected in the churchyard for the bells. However, this temporary structure still exists some 500 years or so later, although not in its original location. It was moved from the south to the north side of the church in the eighteenth century because the then occupant of Old Hall, to the south, objected to the noise of the bells.