Monument record WBG 021 - Church of St Mary

A church is recorded at Woodbridge in the Domesday survey.
Church of St Mary. Consists of chancel, nave, aisles, N porch, W tower with octagonal base, W stair turret. Details in (S1)(S2).
N & adjoining site of Augustinian Priory (WBG 002).

Archaeological monitoring of groundwork associated with the insertion of an upper floor within the tower, revealed evidence for the raising of the floor levels within the tower. The imported material. contained 18th and 19th century rubble suggesting that at least one phase of this raising of levels is associated with Victorian restoration work. A buried surface was recorded but its exact nature is unknown. A small block of brickwork and the base of a narrow brick wall were also recorded. Drainage work in the churchyard was the subject of a watching brief which revealed part of the exterior of a late vault and other cuts for deeper graves. Some fragments of medieval worked stone were recovered from the topsoil but no significant archaeological deposits were recorded (S3).

Included in the Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History annual round up of individual finds and discoveries for 2001 (S4)