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St Andrew's Church is located in the village of Alderton on the Bawdsey Peninsula, Suffolk. It is an Anglican parish church in the deanery of Woodbridge, part of the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. St Andrew's was listed at Grade II on 16th March 1966.

Construction
The oldest remaining structure of the church, the nave was built in 1330 likely with the original chancel. In the Victorian era a complete restoration of the chancel was carried out by the architect Arthur Blomfield.

St Andrew's Church has a secret passage to the nearby Alderton Hall.

Memorials
The pulpit and font found inside St Andrew's were carved by John Luard, an artist and soldier who served at the Battle of Waterloo.

St Andrew's has a marble War Memorial dedicated to the village's fallen soldiers of World War I, with a wooden addition in memory to the men who died in World War II.

Also displayed in the church is an unusual memorial to the former Rector Robert Biggs which has the inscription 'He was not distinguished by his Activity or literary Abilities, But he was what is more truly valuable, An honest Man.'

Bells and Tower
The church has one bell of 4cwt in Eb.

The bell at St Andrew's is no longer situated in the tower of the church, but is hung from a frame nearby due to the towers partial collapse in the 16th century and subsequent, complete collapse in the 19th Century. A local story suggests that the tower fell during a Sunday service in 1821 killing a cow in the churchyard.