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The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Grade I listed parish church of the Church of England in Long Melford, Suffolk, England. It is one of 310 medieval English churches dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The church was constructed between 1467 and 1497 in the late Perpendicular Gothic style.
Long Melford, colloquially and historically also referred to as Melford, is a large village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England.It is on Suffolk's border with Essex, which is marked by the River Stour, 3 miles (4.8 km) from Sudbury, approximately 16 miles (26 km) from Colchester and 14 miles (23 km) from Bury St Edmunds.
English: The lower lights show: Anna Denston, wife of Sir John Broughton. Her mother was daughter of Sir William Clopton, sister of John Clopton. John Denston who married Catherine, daughter of Sir William Clopton around 1440-50.
The Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk, is widely regarded as one of the finest wool churches in East Anglia.Built largely from 1467–1497 with funding from local cloth merchants, [2] primarily John Clopton, the structure contains magnificent stained glass from the fifteenth century, the Clopton family chantry chapel and the soaring Lady Chapel, which extends at Holy Trinity's east ...
Returning to Long Melford, Clopton set about organising the reconstruction of Holy Trinity Church, adding a new north and south aisle and rebuilding the chancel and nave. Clopton was the fundraiser and chief benefactor, which has been widely interpreted as an offering of thanks for his life being spared. [ 9 ]
Roger Martin (c. 1526/7 – 3 August 1615) was an English Catholic recusant and churchwarden of Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk from 1554 to 1558/9. [1] He is chiefly known for his description of the pre- Reformation ceremonies and decorations of Holy Trinity Church.
A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes called the ecclesiastical parish, to avoid confusion with the civil parish which many towns and ...
ACTON, a parish in Sudbury district, Suffolk; near the river Stour, 2½ miles N by E of Sudbury r. station. It has a post office under Sudbury. Acres, 2,811. Real property, £4,159. Pop., 558. Houses, 122. The property belongs chiefly to two. Acton Place contains some old paintings and other interesting objects.