The Milestone, Yarmouth Road, Ellingham, which once read Bungay 3 Yarmouth 15

Church Farm, Mill Lane Ellingham.

Ellingham and Kirby Cane photograph archive

Church Farm, Mill Lane,  Ellingham

Gordon Read

All Saint's Kirby Cane (Gordon Read)

All Saints Kirby Cane (Hilda Wickenden)

Kirby Cane Church Choir. left to right: Mr Slater, Derek Curtis, Harold Hinsley, Robert White, ? Bernard Dye, Mr F Doddington, Cecil Warnes (organist) Rev Syer. Middle row: Mrs Warnes, May Snowden, Pat Noy, Winona Doddington, Mrs Muriel Guilding, Lily Brown, (nee Moore), Agnes Gower. Front row: Simon Crisp, Anthony Osbourne, ? Roger Bale Alan Curtis. (Carol Jacobs)

Kirby Cane Church Choir. left to right back row: Harold Hinsley, Mr F Doddington, Mr Albert Osbourne. Middle row: Mr Warne (organist) Mrs Abernethy, Mrs Tuffield (teacher at Kirby Cane School) Mrs Warne, Mrs Guilding, Miss Agnes Gower, Miss Winona Doddington, Mrs Lily Brown, Rev Abernethy. Front row: Jimmy Ives, ? Peter Bale, Kenny Ives, ? , Simon Crisp, Harry Tills (Carol Jacobs)

All Saints interior, looking east (Robin Richardson)

The Font (Robin Richardson)

Carving on font (Robin Richardson)

Stained Glass (Robin Richardson)

The Catelyn Tomb (Robin Richardson)

All Saints Church Porch and Tower Base, showing pilasters; a typical Saxon feature (Diana Wadley)

Coat of Alms (Diana Wadley)

The Rood Stairs.

The North Window.

The Jacobean Pulpit (Diana Wadley)

Below: Pilgrim Plaque brought from the Methodist Chapel.

Caretaker Plaques in memory of Lily Gooch 1925-1952 and Agnes Gower 1952-65

Below: Mass Dial on South Wall, exposed when rendering was removed. This form of sundial was used to mark the variable time of liturgical services in the medieval world. A short wooden peg or 'gnomon' projecting at right angles from the hole in the south wall  cast the sun's shadow.

John Watson Tomb

Plaque of John Watson (under the Altar) Rector, died 1646. He was forcibly removed from the church, being a Royalist, when it was occupied by Cromwell's troupes. The parishioners smuggled his body and  upturned an original gravestone to bury him by the altar, adding this rather hastily inscribed plaque, which has survived to this day.

Below: Memorial removed from Methodist Chapel.

Graffiti on church door.

Font Hood

Below: Spring Cleaning: John Lowrey, Peter Bates, Rev.Julie Oddy Bates, James Napier, Isabel Napier, Mick Saunders, Deborah and Mike Preston, Beryl Simpson, Mrs Partington (2015)

The Bier

Graffiti on church door: 1644

The Pulpit is from the Stuart period. Under which are the Catelyn tombs.

All Saints has some beautiful tapestry kneelers. Embroidered by various residents to commemorate the Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002.

The Bell: Hand Bell ringers; The Bellaires by Frances Mitchelle

The Pheasant: In memory of Carol Jacobs

In memory of Simon Crisp

Kirby Cane Bowls Club worked by Norma Spinks for Josie and Reg Harvey

Ellingham and Kirby Cane WI by Peggy Hanson

by Florence Curtis worked by granddaughter and dedicated to Leonard Curtis

Worked by Enid Wickenden for Hilda Wickenden in memory of  Matilda Lawrence, a wonderful mother.

Worked by Deborah Preston for Valorie Hughes in Memory of Nellie Hyde

Worked by Mrs Crisp for her parents Count and Countess Grote

Worked by Mrs Leech in memory of her husband - a wise old owl.

Worked by Mrs C Grote Crisp for J Edward Crisp, her son.

Worked by Sheila Niddrie for Robert Niddrie

Vicars of All Saints

The font, dating from mid to late 14th Century. It stands on eight columns and the bowl is decorated with shields. There are eight heads both male and female with very distinctive hairstyles round the base of the bowl. 

Details of the Norman Arch: zigzag, spiral, cable and chevron carvings. Bulbous flowers on the hood mould.

(Hilda Wickenden)

The South Window

Diamond Jubilee Fence Posts

The 16 posts holding the chain fence on the road boundary of the graveyard was each purchased for £50 and an inscription attached to each for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee 2012.

Carvings in porch

The round tower showing pilasters, circa 1199 and 52 feet high.

All Saints Church Kirby Cane: new gates in memory of Hilda Wickenden (1922-2016) replace the old rotten ones which were erected in 1951 to commemorate The Festival of Britain.

Cedar Tree All Saints Churchyard

The Grave of Arthur Baldry in All saints Churchyard is maintained by The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Dorothea Catelyn's tomb: Here below these mortal remains are Dorothea Richardi Catelyn, wife of the celebrated  Neville family of Berkshire, died 29th September 1672 aged 67. (rough translation)

Tomb of Judith Catelyn

Tomb of Thomas Catelyn

The tomb of Thomas and Dorothea Catelyn both infants born prematurely.

Cleaning ladies outside All Saints Kirby Cane: left to right: Miss Winona Doddington, Mrs Osbourne, Miss Emma Spalding, Mrs Syer, ? Mrs Warne, Rev Syer, Miss Norman, Miss Agnes Gower, Mrs Sutton, Miss Marjorie Alpe,(father kept shop before Mrs Guilding)                            Mrs Muriel Guilding ? (Carol Jacobs)

All Saints, Kirby Cane, Flower Festival (Carol Jacobs)

Rectors of All Saint's Kirby Cane

Rev Julie Oddy-Bates took over from Cannon Bestelink in November 2009 after he left in February 2009. The Waveney Group of parishes included Ellingham, Kirby Cane, Geldeston,Gillingham and Stockton

Rev Julie Oddy-Bates pictured here officiating at the wedding of Katie Macnab and 

 Adam Harris at Ellingham Church (Sally Macnab)

There is a tomb stone in the church stating "Here rests Margaret, wife of Abraham Baker, rector. and three of their children; she was daughter of the Rev Pycroft, late rector of Ditchingham, and died March 20th 1717 aged 36."

Rector of All Saints Kirby Cane - not known

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Dr Donald Arthur Ward, Rector of All Saints Kirby Cane and Ellingham1963

Rev Abernethy 1945-54

Cannon Bestelink 2006 (Robin Richardson)

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Lord Berners Vicar Kirby Cane 1787-1851

Canon Abbot Roland Upcher, Vicar All Saints Kirby Cane 1851-1893. Father and Grandfather were vicars for 54 and 64 years respectively.

Rev S William Darwin Fox 1908-1919

1931-1945

Rev Abernethy 1945-1954

Rev George Syer 1954-1959

Bill Jenner, Hon. Curate 1997

Deborah and Michael Preston and Beryl Simpson, cleaning in honour of the Bishop's visit

Mr Louis (Lewis?)Shilling, bellringer at All Saints, Kirby Cane. Lewis was a bachelor who lived in Old Post Office Lane, Kirby Cane. His co-campanologists were Lenny Curtis and the two brothers Warnes who both lived as neighbours in Newgate. One of the Warnes was head cowman at Kirby Cane Hall and the other was gardener there. Ernie Warnes married Milly Osborne of The Pines Yarmouth Road. Mr Osborne was a rent collector and sang in Kirby Cane Church Choir. He also had a pony and cart and would transport the Harvest Festival produce to Ditchingham Hospital. (Information from Joe Pye via Robin Richardson)

Tombs discovered in the crypt of All Saints Kirby Cane, when a safe was being fitted in the

vestry. (Hilda Wickenden)

Supported by Kirby Cane Memorial Hall (a registered charity).

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