St Mary's Parish Church Of Haverhill.

Elements of the church date back to the 1200's, and it has been restored and altered over the centuries. St Mary's must have been sumptuously decorated in medieval times because when William Dowsing came to inspect it for superstitious images and inscriptions  on 6th Jan 1643, he reported...."We brake down about 100 pictures and 7 fryers hugging a Nunn, a picture of God and Christ. and diverse others, very superstitious, 200 others were brake down before we came....We took away 2 popish inscriptions with 'Ora Pro Nobis' ( Pray For Us ) and we beat down a great stone cross on top of the church."    Doubtless the 300 or so 'pictures' were stained glass, wall and screen paintings. A lot more history in this market town which I hope to find on my next visit.