A postally unused postcard that was published by H. A. Randall of East Bergholt. The image is a glossy real photograph, and the card has a divided back.
East Bergholt
East Bergholt is a village in the Babergh District of Suffolk, just north of the Essex border.
The nearest town and railway station is Manningtree, Essex. East Bergholt is ten miles (16 kilometres) north of Colchester and eight miles (13 kilometres) south of Ipswich.
During the 16th. century, its inhabitants became well known for Protestant radicalism. A few of its citizens were martyred during the reign of Queen Mary I, and the Protestant martyrologist John Foxe recorded their stories in his famous work 'Acts and Monuments' (also known as 'Foxe's Book of Martyrs').
East Bergholt is the birthplace of the painter John Constable whose father owned Flatford Mill. Flatford and Dedham, Essex, both made famous by John Constable, are within walking distance of East Bergholt.
St. Mary's Church and Bell Cage
The Church of St. Mary the Virgin was built in the 15th. and 16th. centuries, and is well known for the absence of a tower or spire to house the bells. Work began on a tower in 1525, but Cardinal Wolsey's fall from grace in 1530 brought construction to a halt, and the following year a wooden bell cage was erected in the churchyard.
The Bell Cage was built as a temporary structure to house the bells until the tower could be built. It now houses the set of 5 bells, although it is possible that the tenor, which weighs 1 ton 6 cwt 0 qr 8 lb (1,320 kg) and has a diameter 4 ft 6 in (137 cm), was added in 1691.
There are rumours that the Bell Cage was moved from its original position in the 17th. century because the occupant of Old Hall objected to the noise of the bells. The only evidence for this is a 1731 hand-drawn map on vellum that shows the Bell Cage situated to the East of the Church.
The bells are exceptional in that they are not rung from below by ropes attached to wheels, as is usual in change ringing, but the headstock is manipulated by hand by ringers standing beside the bells
The bells are believed to be the heaviest five (A, G, F♯, E, and D) that are rung in England today, with a total weight of 41⁄4 tons (4,300 kg).
To see the East Bergholt bells, please search for the tag 44EBB45
Other Important Buildings in East Bergholt
-- Old Hall, with over 100 rooms and 355 windows, has been in its time a manor house, a nunnery, an army barracks and a friary. It now houses the Old Hall Community, a single household of about 60 people who live co-operatively and farm organically. -- Stour House was once the home of Randolph Churchill. -- East Bergholt Place, home of the Eley family and "The Place for Plants" garden centre is noted for camellias. -- Lambe School, a Grade II listed building, now the village hall, was founded 1594 by Edward Lambe. -- Bridge Cottage is a 16th.-century cottage used as a location by John Constable.
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