St. Mary’s Church – Badwell Ash Heritage

William Hovell 1715 – 1769 “…a Doctor of Physick”

William is the oldest memorial/grave inside the church. William was related to Rollo, the first Norman Lord of Normandy in the C1 and his descendants have been traced as far as New Zealand.

St. Mary’s Church Badwell Ash

“What would you be, you wide East Anglian sky, Without church towers to recognise you by” John Betjeman A Brief History There was possibly an […]

BBC Radio Suffolk Interview : Howard

BBC Radio Suffolk’s Lesley Dolphin discusses the history of Badwell Ash and interviews Howard Newman from Badwell Ash History Society. Download mp3

Clock Restoration in Progress

Photographs taken by Karl Hort during the Restoration of the Turret Clock 2016 – 2017

Photos of St. Mary’s

These rare black and white negative of photographs of St. Mary’s Church, Badwell Ash, have recently been discovered

Clock Restoration at Haward Horological

Ian Haward of Haward Horological explains how the turret clock will be restored

Aerial views of Badwell Ash

Videos and photographs of Badwell Ash St. Mary’s Church taken from a drone

St. Mary’s Church Turret Clock

The Turret Clock in the tower at St. Mary’s is believed to have been made in the late C17, around 1680. This was either during […]