Ilketshall St Andrew
| Ilketshall St Andrew | |
| Suffolk | |
|---|---|
.jpg) St Andrew's church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TM379871 |
| Location: | 52°25’52"N, 1°29’53"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 291 (2011) |
| Post town: | Beccles |
| Postcode: | NR34 |
| Dialling code: | 01986 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Suffolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Waveney |
Ilketshall St Andrew is a village in the north of Suffolk, three miles south-east of Bungay and the same distance south-west of Beccles. It is one of a group around Bungay known as The Saints, and parish borders the parishes of Shipmeadow, Ringsfield, Redisham, Westhall, Spexhall, Ilketshall St Lawrence and Ilketshall St John.
St Andrew's church is one of around 40 round-tower churches in Suffolk.[1]
The parish had a population of 291 at the 2011 census
History
In the 1870s, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ilketshall St Andrew as:
"Ilketshall St. Andrews, a parish in Wangford district, Suffolk; 4 miles SE of Bungay r. station. It has a postal letter box under Bungay. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Norwich. The church has an octangular tower, and is in good condition. There is a Wesleyan chapel."[2]
Churches
St Andrew's church is a round-tower church, dating from the 12th century.[3] The church sits at a bend in School Road and has an octagonal shaped bell tower.[4] In 1810 there was a screen between the body of the church and the chancel, which was destroyed in December 2001, which revealed a series of wall paintings.[5] These paintings are similar to those found in St Botolph's, North Cove. The image depicts the theme of the 'Wheel of Fortune' and the unpredictable nature of human affairs.[6] A crowned figure is found sitting on top of a wheel rotating it, to which humankind must follow the rotation. The rotation is circular, so a downturn in human affairs must be inevitably followed by an upturn.[6]
A Methodist chapel was built in 1840 by the local Wesleyan Society,[7][8] The chapel is a Grade II listed building, with a small garden at the front of the chapel. Worship at the chapel has now ceased.
References
- ↑ Knott S (2016) St Andrew, Ilketshall St Andrew, Suffolk Churches
- ↑ Wilson, John Marius (1870–72). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co.. http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7307.
- ↑ "Ilketshall St Andrew and St John Walks". http://www.discoversuffolk.org.uk/assets/Walks/Up-to-6-miles/ilketshall.pdf.
- ↑ Howse, Christopher (27 December 2014). "The Strange Round Towers of East Anglia". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/11314450/The-strange-round-towers-of-East-Anglia.html.
- ↑ "The Saints and the Waveney Valley". http://www.discoversuffolk.org.uk/assets/Walks/Up-to-6-miles/The-Saints-Villages-and-the-Waveney-Valley.pdf.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Marshall, Anne (1 August 2009). "The wheel of fortune: Ilketshall St Andrew, Suffolk". http://www.paintedchurch.org/ilketssa.htm.
- ↑ Knott, Simon (July 2008). "Methodist Chapel, Ilketshall St Andrew". http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ilkandrewmeth.htm.
- ↑ Whites. "Ilketshall St Andrew". http://nineparishes.wikispaces.com/Ilketshall+St+Andrew.