page_title: Wangford
section_title: The church of St Peter and St Paul
hierarchical_section_title: Wangford / The church of St Peter and St Paul
caption_attribution_description: English: Floodlit west tower of the parish church of SS Peter and Paul, Wangford, Suffolk, at night
context_page_description: Wangford is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wangford with Henham, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, just off the A12 trunk road on the edge of the Henham Park estate just outside Southwold.
  Wangford is connected to the rest of Suffolk by two main roads. At one side of the village the road leads straight on to the A12, and the other side of the village leads to Reydon, and Southwold.
  In 1961 the civil parish had a population of 427. In 1987 the parish was merged with Henham to form "Wangford with Henham". Wangford with Henham has approximately 640 residents, reducing to 591 at the 2011 Census. and the main village covers about 50 acres. The parish also includes Henham Park and the hamlet of Barnaby Green.
  At the centre of the village there is a community centre, containing a reasonable sized hall, a bar, a kitchen and a small games room. There is also a shop, a pub - the Angel Inn, a farm shop, a playing field and allotments, tennis courts and the local vet.
context_section_description: The Parish church of Wangford cum Henham is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul; situated near the centre of the village. The church here was near derelict by the mid-19th century. It was all that survived of a Cluniac Priory, a cell to the mother Priory at Thetford in Norfolk. Left derelict at the end of the 19th century, it was restored by the local Rous family, the Earls of Stradbroke who set about creating a monument to themselves here because there is no church in the parish of Henham. The architect was A. L. Blackburne. All was demolished except for the nave walls. A grand chancel was then built at the east end, and beside it in the 1870s, an impressive tower. The top of the tower is finished in the 14th century Suffolk manner. It sits at the east end of the north aisle. Inside, the west end of the nave has a huge window, which may possibly be the rebuilding of a previous tower arch. The north porch is the only other medieval survival which seems to have had a side sliced off it by the buttress to the north aisle. As the church is principally 19th century, so is all the stained glass.
   Angels look down from the simple but affective the roof. The lectern is made of brass, and the column is surrounded by angels about to take flight. The pulpit is 17th century and was brought here from the chapel at Henham Hall along with the reading desk. The font is 14th century but with a later cover. The walls are covered with memorials to the Rouses. The building is currently suffering from water damage but fundraising is continuing with the aim of reroofing. The Parish of Wangford is part of the Sole Bay Team Ministry (formed in 1999), along with the Parishes of Blythburgh, Reydon, Sotherton, South Cove, Southwold, Uggeshall and Walberswick.
caption: Wangford Church at night
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