Bawdsey and Alderton Churches

Both Bawdsey and Alderton church towers were once used for navigation.

Alderton’s spire collapsed in 1821, killing a cow! So, because the diminished church became unsatisfactory for navigation, the sea-mark was rebuilt in 1831 and again in 1837¹‘The History of Harwich Harbour, Particularly the Work of the Harwich H C Hughes’. there was a mark before 1802 which was rebuilt in 1831 and 1837 and demolished in 1924(an error) because of erosion. .

Next, in 1841, boys set fire to the thatched nave of Bawdsey Church with Guy Fawkes night fireworks; the remains of the tower were reduced to 60 feet in height by 1849 and this too, became less useful² W.G. Arnott, W. G. Suffolk Estuary : The Story of the River Deben. N. Adlard, , 2D Impression, 1950.- ³http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ ⁴Church History » Bawdsey Village Website (onesuffolk.net) .

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  ‘The History of Harwich Harbour, Particularly the Work of the Harwich H C Hughes’. there was a mark before 1802 which was rebuilt in 1831 and 1837 and demolished in 1924(an error) because of erosion.
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  W.G. Arnott, W. G. Suffolk Estuary : The Story of the River Deben. N. Adlard, , 2D Impression, 1950.-
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  http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/
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  Church History » Bawdsey Village Website (onesuffolk.net)