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History of Eye Church
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Eye Church is dedicated to St Matthew, one of Jesus's 12 Apostles and was designed by George Basevi who was born in London in 1794. it took 11 months to build with the first stone being laid on the 11th of May 1846 in the reign of Queen Victoria. The Church opened for worship on Thursday 8th April 1847.
The building of the new church would have been a great event in the village and the local community would have wanted to get involved. The stained east window was presented by local Miss Moore, and two other windows by Mr Daniel Griffin who had a china glass and earthenware shop in Church Street,
The original Church (Which was always referred to as the "Chapel of Eye" was destroyed by fire in 1846. It was probably built around the late 13th or early 14th century during the reign of Edward the first or second. It was consecrated in the Tudor period during the reign of Henry VIII in 1543, nine years after he declared himself head of the Church of England.
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