St Mary and St Peter's Church, Barham
| St Mary and St Peter's Church, Barham | |
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  St Mary and St Peter's Church, Barham Location in Suffolk | |
| Coordinates: 50°49′03″N 0°11′26″E / 50.8175°N 0.1906°E | |
| OS grid reference | TM 136,509 |
| Location | Church Lane, Barham, Ipswich IP6 0PU |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Churchmanship | Central Anglican |
| Weekly attendance | 50 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 9 December 1955 |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Claydon and Barham |
| Deanery | Bosmere |
| Archdeaconry | Ipswich |
| Diocese | St Edmundsbury and Ipswich |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Priest(s) | Carl Melville |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) |
Christine Farley Elizabeth Stone |
| Churchwarden(s) |
Des Groom Robin Hooper-Greenhill |
St Mary and St Peter's Church is located in the village of Barham near Ipswich. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Bosmere, part of the archdeaconry of Ipswich, and the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.[1]
History
A church is recorded as being within the village of Barham in the Domesday Book though the exact location and construction is not recorded.[2] Formally named as St Mary's Barham the Church was retitled upon the closure of St Peters Church in Claydon in 1977.[3]
Monuments
The best known monument in the church is that of the Henry Moore statue of Madonna and Child originally held at St Peters Claydon. Crafted as a War Memorial in commemoration for those in the village who died in the Second World War it was moved to St Marys after the closure of St Peters.[4]
Other monuments and brasswork have been part of the church but were removed or destroyed over the course of its history.
In the Chancel of the Church were monuments to Jon Southwell,[5] grandfather to Thomas Bedingfield as well as a tomb used for the burial of an unnamed inhabitant of the local estate of Shrubland Hall.[6]
Current status
St Mary and St Peter's Church was listed at Grade I on 9 December 1955.[7]
Communion services, using the Book of Common Worship are offered on every Sunday morning at 8am except on the fifth Sunday of a month.
On the first Sunday of each month a shorter Communion service based on the book of Common Worship is held at 10am, on the second and forth Sundays a full Communion service is held at 10am.
On the third Sunday of each month at 10am a Community Worship service is held. This service is aimed at a wider age range of the congregation including families with children as well as adults as well as those with little or no experience of the Church. The services are often run by community groups or local charitable organisations otherwise unaffiliated with the Church itself.
Where a 5th Sunday falls within a month a Family Communion service is held at one of the three parishes served by the same parish grouping. One in three of these is held at St Marys and St Peters with the others being held at St Marys Great Blakenham or St Peters Henley.[8]
Notable Clergy
William Kirby 1782-1850 [9]
See also
References
- ↑ "Listing on A Church Near You". A Church Near You. The Church of England. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ "Domesday book online". Domesday Book. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ "About us". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ "Madonna and Child". Henry-Moore.org. The Henry Moore Foundation. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ Freeman, John. Life of the Rev. William Kirby. p. 29. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ↑ Freeman, John. Life of the Rev. William Kirby. p. 28. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ↑ "British listed buildings". British Listed Buldings. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ "Services and Events". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ↑ "Cambridge Alumni Database". ACAD. Cambridge university. Retrieved 29 August 2016.