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St Michael and All Angels
St Michaels church in Cookley (geograph 1930545).jpg
52°19′33″N 1°26′47″E / 52.3259°N 1.4465°E / 52.3259; 1.4465
Location Cookley, Suffolk, IP19 0LW
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Previous denomination Roman Catholic Church
History
Status Active
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designation Grade I listed
Designated 7 December 1966
Administration
Parish Cookley
Deanery Waveney and Blyth
Archdeaconry Archdeaconry of Suffolk
Diocese Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

The Church of St Michael and All Angels is a Church of England parish church in Cookley, Suffolk. The church is a grade I listed building.

History

The church is Medieval. The tower dates to the 12th century. The nave is mainly 12th century with 15th century windows. The chancel likely dates to the 14th century. The church was altered in 1894 during the Victorian restoration.

On 7 December 1966, the church was designated a Grade I listed building.

Present day

St Michael's is part of the Benefice of Heveningham with Ubbeston, Huntingfield and Cookley in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.

As the parish rejects the ordination of women, it receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Richborough (currently Norman Banks).

Interior

The original 15th Century rood screen was discovered in the 1930's by Munro Cautley, later diocesan surveyor for St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, making up part of a chicken shed in Huntingfield he brought it back to the church and it is now bolted to the wall on the south side of the chancel arch. A typical 15th Century East Anglian font with angels holding shields alternating with lions around the bowl stands at the West end of nave.

St Michael's church in Cookley - baptismal font - geograph.org.uk - 1930561
The C15th font

Bells

The church has a ring of 3 bells, two were cast by John Taylor & Co in 1893 the other by Thomas Gardiner of Sudbury in 1720. The tower is affiliated to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers.

Bells of St Michael and All Angels' Church, Cookley
Bell Date Note Diameter Founder Weight
Hundredweight lb kg
Treble 1893 C 30.50 in (77.5 cm) John Taylor & Co 5 long cwt 1 qr  4 lb 592 269
2nd 1720 Bb 30.75 in (78.1 cm) Gillett & Johnston 4 long cwt 3 qr 17 lb 549 249
Tenor 1893 Ab 34.00 in (86.4 cm) John Taylor & Co 7 long cwt 2 qr 15 lb 855 388
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