Ufford, Suffolk - church - art postcard - local amateur postcard c.1960s

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• Picture / Image:  untitled postcard - someone has probably erroneously written "West Hall Chucrh, Suffolk" but feedback from others and further research reveals it is more likely to be Ufford Church (also in Suffolk)
• Publisher: none stated - printed on back of standard stationery postcard
• Postally used: no
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• Notes / condition: slight wear

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Ufford is a village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. For the 2001 census, it had a population of 808,[1] which increased to 948 at the 2011 Census.[2] The village lies 2 miles/3.2 km south-south-west of Wickham Market and 13 miles/21 km north-east of Ipswich. The main road through the village has been renumbered B1438 since it was replaced as a trunk road by the parallel A12.

The village's name means Uffa's enclosure in Old English.[3] There are 28 listed buildings in the parish, one of which is grade I listed; the church of St Mary.[4]

St Mary's Church

St Mary's Anglican Church dates from the 11th century.[5] It is served by the Rector of Melton and Ufford. There is a church hall.[6] The War Memorial in the church records the names of 22 men who died in the First World War and four who died in the Second.[7]

The church is the oldest of 28 listed edifices in Ufford. Most of the others are dwelling houses, some thatched, in the eastern part of the village around the church.[8]

Eight bells are hung in the tower for change ringing with the heaviest weighing 13 cwt-1qr-8lb, and the oldest dating from about 1380, cast by William Dawe of London and inscribed with the phrase Sum rosa pulsata mundi Katerina vocata ((I am when struck the Rose of the World and called Katerina), the tower is affiliated to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers. The bells were rehung in a new frame and three bells recast by John Taylor & Co in 1936. [9][10] The first peal was rung on the bells on 24 October 1885; up to 2019 152 peals had been rung at Ufford.[11]

The church is famous for its medieval wood carvings, notably a font cover from about 1450, which is the tallest medieval font cover in England at 20 feet (6 metres) high. It is surmounted by a pelican pecking its breast to feed its chicks, a symbol of Christ feeding the faithful with his own body. The notorious 17th-century iconoclast William Dowsing left the structure intact after visiting the church in 1644, noting in his diary that it was "gorgeous... like a pope's triple crown."[12]