Recommendation

Frederick Keppel North, Esquire, Chancellor of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and Vicar General and Official Principal of the Right Reverend Father in God, Albert Augustus, by Divine permission Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, Lawfully Constituted.

To All Christian People to whom these Presents shall come or whom the same shall or may consent, Greeting. Whereas it hath been set forth and alleged before us by a petition addressed to us by Isaac John Taylor Incumbent of the United Benefice of Great and Little Linstead in the County of Suffolk.

That there are two Churches within the said benefice namely the Parish Church of Great Linstead and the Parish Church of Little Linstead, that the latter Church is used for divine Service on Sunday mornings and evenings throughout the year and the former Church is used for afternoon service during the Summer months only.

That the church of Great Linstead has become dilapidated and in a ruinous condition, the Nave thereof being in such a dilapidated condition that repair could only be affected by the practical rebuilding of the whole, and the Chancel thereof in which the services during the summer months are held as aforesaid, is becoming unsafe and dangerous owing to the condition of the Nave.

That it is considered that the few families who might be expected to attend the said Church of Great Linstead are within reasonable distance of other Churches, and that the said Church is not essential to the spiritual needs of such families.

That at a Meeting of the committee representing the inhabitants of the said Parish held at the said Church on the 21st day of April 1922 when the following were present:- Lord Huntingfield, G, Garrett, Esqur, The Rev. T. Edwards, Rural Dean, the Archdeacon of Suffolk and your Petitioner, and after discussion the following recommendations were made:-

1 That the whole building be demolished and that it should be offered for sale on condition that the ground be cleared within one year. 2 That the site of the Church and the Churchyard of Great Linstead be vested in the Vicar and Churchwardens of Little Linstead 3 That the font, bell, chalice and other moveables, if not required for Little Linstead, should be given to one of the Churches to be built in Ipswich. 4 That the request of the Lay Rector for the insertion of a Clause in the faculty exonerating him and his heirs from having to build a new Church be acceded to.

Your Petitioner therefore prays that a Faculty may be granted to carry out the objects recommended.

The Petition was accepted with the following proviso:- //And we do hereby order that all monies received for the materials which are ordered to be sold shall be paid by the Petitioner to Queen Ann’s Bounty for the benefit of the said united benefice.//