Dunwich– The Dunwich of today is a quiet, small village but very popular with visitors especially during the summer months. Now, a small fleet of inshore fishing boats catch and sell their fish locally on the beach and there is a fine fish restaurant to be found on the beach that is highly popular and packed with visitors in peak season. The village pub, the Ship Inn, remains and is, in itself, an ancient part of the local history and (perhaps more importantly) still serves fine Adnams ale and food daily. The Inn has an underground tunnel linking it to the former monastery that allowed the monks of old passage to the Inn to drink without the knowledge of the locals! Today, the remains of that monastery, Greyfriars Monastery, can still be seen. This monastery was completed in 1307 and was one of East Anglia’s most important Franciscan centres. It sadly became a ruin after the dissolution during the reign of Henry VIII. St James Church, in the present village of Dunwich, was built on the site of the former leper hospital in around 1830 and over 20 different types of building stone can be found in the chancel alone, mostly local flints with Caen limestone. It is also constructed of red, white and pink granites with black dolerite, and basalt also to be seen.