Monument record HRK 041 - Church of St Mary

A church is recorded in Harkstead in the Domesday survey.
Church of St Mary. Consists of chancel, N vestry, nave, S aisle, porch and W tower. Details in (S1)(S2).
2011: A programme of work at the church included provision of a new floor in the south aisle. In order to facilitate this, the existing floor was removed and the underlying soil, almost certainly grave fill, was reduced to the project formation level. At the eastern end of the south aisle two ledger stones were revealed bedded directly on the earth with no evidence for underlying formal tombs. One of the stones, that commemorating Richard Tyler junior who died in 1696, was already broken, but its component parts were laid in their correct positions. The second, which commemorated another Richard Tyler who died in 1674, presumably the father or another close relative of Richard Tyler junior, was intact. Both stones comprised a hard, very dark grey limestone (S3).

Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2011 (S4).

2013: Monitoring of works at the church revealed one adult burial of unknown sex, likely to be pre-19th century in date. This was recorded to the north of the church, but no other features were disturbed. Removal of the material blocking the north door suggested that internal moulding around the doorway had been removed.
Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2013 (S5)