THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF OUR LADY

As Simon Knott has written a full account of the Catholic Church on his SUFFOLK CHURCHES SITE I have only given an outline of it's history here.

The restoration of the Roman Catholic Church in Stowmarket in 1879 was due to the work of Adelaide Clutterbuck.
She came to the town in 1878 with her husband, a brewer. Before this time the town's practicing Catholics would have had to travel to Bury St. Edmunds or Ipswich.

Stowmarket's original Roman Catholic church.

The first church was an iron building in Milton Road. There was also an adjacent  school. This "Iron Chapel" survived as a building until the 1980`s.

The Church in Stricklands Road.

This church was succeeded by a permanent building in Stricklands Road (then known as Breese Lane) in 1884 which was substantially altered in 1970.

STOWMARKET HISTORY AND HERITAGE
2007
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