This little Church of England parish church
possibly dates back as far as The
Domesday Survey (1086), this indicates
that there was a church at Kesgrave at
that time and it is likely that a place of Christian worship stood
here in Saxon times.
A
major rebuild took place about 1280 and the core of the mediaeval
nave and chancel dates from that time.
About
1300 a flint tower was added at the west end, Maybe the tower was
never finished or, more likely, it was completed and either
collapsed or partially taken down a later date.
The
south porch was added a little later in the 14th century and he
upper stages of the tower were constructed during the early years
of the 16th century.
Money
was left towards the "reparation" of the church in 1535 and maybe
the tower was being built at that time; the bell was cast about
1510, possibly for the new tower.
Over
the centuries this church has seen many structural alterations and
extensions, the most recent being In
1980, to celebrate the seventh centenary of the church, the
foundation stone was laid to mark the beginning of the southern
extension of the nave and the new vestry complex to the west of it.
It was providential that the south nave wall was in need of urgent
restoration at the time.
If anybody would like to expand to this series
please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of
the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication.