St Nicholas' Church, Ipswich is a medieval church in

Ipswich Ipswich () is a port town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Suffolk, England. It is the county town, and largest in Suffolk, followed by Lowestoft and Bury St Edmunds, and the third-largest population centre in East Anglia, ...

. Maintained by the Ipswich Historic Churches Trust, it is currently used by the Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich as a conference centre and is adjacent to the diocesan offices, and the bishops' offices. The church dates from 1300 and was substantially refitted in 1849. The fifteenth century tower was rebuilt in 1886.

St Nicholas Parish

St Nicholas was a

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

and in the late medieval times this parish was part of Ipswich south ward, along with the parish of St Peters.

Bells

The church has a ring of 5 bells all but the 2nd were cast by Henry Pleasant of Sudbury in 1706. The second was cast by Miles I Graye of Colchester in 1630. All 5 bells hang in oak frame dating from c.1706.

Notable people buried in St Nicholas' graveyard

Peyton Ventris Sir Peyton Ventris (November 1645 – 6 April 1691) was an English judge and politician, the first surviving son of Edward Ventris (died 1649) of the manorialism, manor of Granhams (now Granhams Close), Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, although ...

(1645 – 1691), judge and politician.

References

{{John Speed's Ipswich Church of England church buildings in Ipswich Grade II* listed buildings in Ipswich