Monument record SXM 008 - Church of St John the Baptist

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Summary

A church plus 15 acres is recorded in Saxmundham in the Domesday Survey of 1086.

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Grid reference	Centred TM 3890 6294 (101m by 70m) Centred on
Map sheet	TM36SE
Civil Parish	SAXMUNDHAM, SUFFOLK COASTAL, SUFFOLK

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A church plus 15 acres is recorded in Saxmundham in the Domesday Survey of 1086.
Also two other churches plus 24 acres land and half plough (see SXM Misc).
Church of St John the Baptist. Consists of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, organ chamber, vestry, W tower. C14 tower, C14/15 S aisle, N aisle (?) and clerestory and former S porch (on W side). 1308 Swann chapel built. 1643/4 visited by William Dowsing. 1873 restoration, clerestory rebuilt. 1908 vestry added. Sanctus bell window in E wall of tower. Nave has good single hammer beam and arch-braced collar roof. To E of modern town & river, N & adjoining Hurtshall Park.

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF3293 Bibliographic reference: Cautley H M. 1975. Suffolk Churches. 345.
<S2> SSF16083 Bibliographic reference: Pevsner N & Radcliffe E. 1974. The Buildings of England: Suffolk. 412/413.
<S3> SSF6989 (No record type): Goult W, A Survey of Suffolk Parish History, E Suffolk I-Y, 1990.

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Record last edited

Jul 19 1993 12:00AM