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St Bartholomew Orford
From the Visit Suffolk Coast Website:
Built at the same time as Orford Castle, (between 1165 and 1173) a series of ruined chancel arcades is all that remains of Orford’s original church. One of only six medieval Suffolk churches dedicated to St Bartholomew the Apostle, much of the Church was rebuilt in the 14th century including the present nave and its side aisles. A tower was built at the west end forming the shape of the present splendid church. A new roof was added in 1562. In 1830 the southwest buttress of the tower gave way, enveloping the church in a great cloud of dust. A major restoration project was undertaken in the 1890s, the interior and re-hanging of the bells completed in time to ring in the Millennium. But the greatest treasure of the church is its remarkable font, still in superb condition, and retaining its dedicatory motto exhorting prayers for the dead.
St Bartholomew Orford
From the Visit Suffolk Coast Website:
Built at the same time as Orford Castle, (between 1165 and 1173) a series of ruined chancel arcades is all that remains of Orford’s original church. One of only six medieval Suffolk churches dedicated to St Bartholomew the Apostle, much of the Church was rebuilt in the 14th century including the present nave and its side aisles. A tower was built at the west end forming the shape of the present splendid church. A new roof was added in 1562. In 1830 the southwest buttress of the tower gave way, enveloping the church in a great cloud of dust. A major restoration project was undertaken in the 1890s, the interior and re-hanging of the bells completed in time to ring in the Millennium. But the greatest treasure of the church is its remarkable font, still in superb condition, and retaining its dedicatory motto exhorting prayers for the dead.