All Saints Church, Bow Brickhill

All Saints’ Church, Bow Brickhill is a Grade II* listed[1] parish church in the Church of England in Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, to the south-east of Milton Keynes.

All Saints’ Church, Bow Brickhill
All Saints’ Church, Bow Brickhill
52°00′3″N 0°40′23.59″W
LocationBow Brickhill
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
History
DedicationAll Saints
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade II* listed[1]
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Oxford
ArchdeaconryBuckingham
DeaneryMursley
ParishBow Brickhill

History

First mentioned in 1185,[2] a major renovation occurred in the 15th century.[3]

Having become greatly dilapidated, the church is said to have been disused for nearly 150 years; but was restored through the munificence and exertions of Browne Willis, the antiquary, who, in 1756, promoted a subscription for that purpose. In 1834, by a re-arrangement of the interior, 175 additional sittings were obtained.[4]

It was used during the Napoleonic Wars as a telegraph station.[4]

Architecture and fittings

The component parts are a nave with side aisles, and a south porch, a chancel, and a west embattled tower, in which are four bells. The bells are unringable as of 2023.[5] The whole is a good specimen of Perpendicular work, without the least mixture of any other style, or the introduction of modern windows; the latter are nearly all square-headed. Three arches on each side divide the nave from the aisles. The central cross beam of the roof bears the date of 1630. There is a piscina in the south aisle. The carved oak pulpit was brought from the old church at Buckingham, upon the erection of the modern edifice. The font is octagonal in form, and on the pedestal supporting it, are four eagles displayed. The compartments are decorated with quatrefoils and foliage; and one of them has a shield with two Roman T's impaled in relievo. The chancel is plain, with open wood ceiling. Beneath the chancel arch is an oak screen. On the north side is a mural tablet of black marble to the memory of the Rev. William Watson.[4]

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with:

Organ

The pipe organ was installed by Kirkland. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[6]

References
  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: O. Ratcliff's "History and antiquities of the Newport Pagnell hundreds" (1900)
  1. Historic England. "Church of All Saints (Grade II*) (1212249)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  2. "The parish church of All Saints, Bow Brickhill" (PDF). Bow Brickhill. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth; Brandwood, Geoffrey K. (1 January 1994). Buckinghamshire. Yale University Press. pp. 187–. ISBN 978-0-300-09584-5.
  4. Ratcliff, Oliver (1900). History and antiquities of the Newport Pagnell Hundreds. Cowper press. pp. 468–.
  5. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. "Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, All Saints". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council Publications. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  6. "NPOR [D02074]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
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