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1. Bedford Museum, Bedfordshire, England

Museum
2. St Mary, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church, originally cruciform with an aisleless nave, now has chancel (with N chapel or vestry), crossing tower, N and S transepts, and nave with N and S aisles. The earliest surviving feature of the church is the S transept which has late 11th to early 12thc. splayed, round-headed windows in the E and W walls. Masonry of this date also apparently survives in the N transept. The E window of the S transept (unblocked in 1959) cuts into an even earlier, blocked, round-headed window. The crossing tower may also be of early date. The twin bell-openings of the first stage of the tower are late 11thc. or early 12thc. The top stage of the tower has Perpendicular openings, and traces of earlier, round-headed openings (two on each face) flank these. One of these openings, on the W face of the tower, has an arcuated lintel. The chancel is late 13th to early 14thc., the N aisle is 16thc. and the S aisle is modern. The tower arches and S aisle were restored in the 19thc. A carved head corbel, now in Bedford Museum, was found in 1959 when workmen were engaged on repairs to the S transept (see Bedford Museum).
3. St Peter de Merton, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of chancel and nave separated by a tower, N and S aisles and N transept. There are substantial remains of the original Anglo-Saxon church which consisted of chancel, nave and a square W porch (which formed the lower stage of the tower). The chancel of the original church no longer exists, and the W part of the nave became the chancel of the present structure. The tower has long-and-short quoins visible on its lower W face, and rubble quoins on the upper stages. The NW and SW angles of the chancel also have long-and-short quoins. Both structures have blocked round-headed, double-splayed windows. The windows on the tower, two to each face, lie in the stage below heavily restored, but originally 12thc., bell openings. On the E face of the tower is a triangular-headed opening, containing a reused fragment of Anglo-Saxon carved stone in its N jamb. The nave and aisles, originally medieval were completely replaced in 19thc. 12thc. sculpture is found on the reset S doorway, brought to this site from the church of St Peter de Dunstable (VCH, 25) which was pulled down in 1545 (Lyson, 53). St Peter de Dunstable was sited near St Mary, Bedford.
4. All Saints, Caddington, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church has chancel (with modern vestry on N), nave, N and S aisles and W tower. The 13thc. chancel (extended in the 14thc.), has a late 12thc. chancel arch with keeled respond shafts and stiff-leaf capitals. The nave was originally aisleless, and the quoins surviving in its outer W wall may date from the 11thc. The N and S aisles are 15thc., as is the W tower. The church was extensively restored in 1875 by Ewan Christian. The late 12thc. S doorway, reset when the aisles were built, has also been restored.
5. St Mary the Virgin, Cardington, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church, which has a chancel with N and S chapels, a nave with N and S aisles and N chapel, S porch and W tower was entirely rebuilt in 1898-1902 with the exception of the early 16thc. chancel and chapels. Re-tooled 12thc. voussoirs are reused in the 12thc. tower arch. Voussoirs from a second 12thc. arch have been reset in the N wall of the nave. The voussoirs are irregular in size.
6. St Mary the Virgin, Carlton, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church has chancel, nave with clerestory, N and S aisles, W tower and S porch. The chancel is the earliest part of the church and is probably Anglo-Saxon. There is a blocked, round-headed, possibly double-splayed window in the N wall of the chancel with rubble jambs and head, which support an early date (Hare, 33). The tower is probably late 11thc. or early 12thc. There are two round-headed windows with arcuated lintels and rubble jambs, one on the N and one on the S wall of the ground stage of the tower. The S aisle was added in 1275 and the N aisle in 1310. The chancel was lengthened in 1330. The upper stages of the tower are 15thc. A 14thc. S chapel, now demolished, was attached to the chancel. The clerestorey is 15thc. 12thc. sculpture is found only on the font.
7. St Thomas of Canterbury, Clapham, Bedfordshire, England

Parish Church
The church has chancel, nave with N and S aisles and W tower. The tower is substantially late 11thc. to early 12thc. and is wider than the nave. It has a plain segmental-headed W doorway, which may be of later date and a plain round-headed arch to the nave. The plain chancel arch and part of the chancel walls are 12thc. Two of the three bays of the N and S nave arcades are 13thc. and the remaining bay is of 1861. The chancel is of 1862-3 by G.G. Scott. Simple late 11th to early 12thc. sculpture is found on the bell-openings.
8. St Peter and St Paul, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church has chancel with N vestry, nave with clerestorey and N and S aisles, and W tower. It is substantially 13thc., apart from the chancel and vestry which are 14thc. There is some modern work in the chancel. Some 12thc. masonry survives in the nave and 12thc. sculpture is found on the reset N doorway and on a carved panel set into the exterior S wall.
9. Public House (the Norman King), Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England

Public House
A moulded fragment, probably from Dunstable Priory Church, is embedded in the S wall of the Norman King Public House
10. St Peter, Battlesden, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
A small aisleless church with a W tower. The nave is the earliest part of the church, dating from the last quarter of the 13thc. The chancel is early 14thc. and the tower is 15thc. There are some 16thc. and 17thc. alterations and some modern restoration. Late 12thc. sculpture is found on the simply carved font.
11. St Peter and St Paul, Flitwick, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
Most features of the church date from 1858 or from the 1867 restoration by Butterfield, but it has a 14thc. S aisle (c.1320) and W tower (c.1380), and a S porch of 1500. Late 12thc. sculpture is found on the incomplete, re-set N doorway and on the font.
12. St Mary, Henlow, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The original 12thc. church consisted of a chancel and an aisleless nave. Some of the original quoin stones have been reused in the NE and SE angles of the nave. The church now has chancel with 19thc. N vestry, and nave with N arcade of c.1300 (the aisle is 15thc.) and S arcade of c.1330 with a 15thc. W bay (the aisle is late 14th to early 15thc.). The W tower is mid 15thc. and the chancel was rebuilt at the end of the 15thc. A reset plain 12thc. window with an arcuated lintel is found in the N wall of the vestry. 12thc. sculpture is found on a finely carved pillar piscina.
13. All Saints, Kempston, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church has a chancel with vestry and mausoleum to the N, a nave with clerestorey, N and S aisles and S porch, and a W tower. The chancel, which was lengthened in the 13thc. has traces of blocked, round-headed windows with rubble jambs and heads and may be Anglo-Saxon. The windows may have been double-splayed. The chancel arch and the W tower are probably early 12thc. (the tower has a blocked round-headed window in the ground stage of the S wall) and the nave was probably rebuilt at this time. Early masonry, bonded with the chancel masonry, survives at the E end of the nave. The current nave and clerestorey are 15thc. as is the top stage of the W tower and the S porch. The N and S aisles have 13thc. arcades, the N earlier than the S. Simple 12thc. sculpture is found on the chancel arch and there are fragments of string course on the W wall of the tower.
14. St Nicholas, Barton-le-Clay, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church has nave, chancel, N and S aisles and W tower. Of the original 12thc. church traces survive in the masonry of the E end of the nave. The chancel arch, N and S aisles, chancel and chancel arch are 13thc. and the clerestorey and W tower are 15thc. Romanesque sculpture is found on the retooled font.
15. St Mary and St Helena, Elstow, Bedfordshire, England

Benedictine Abbey, now parish church
Originally a cruciform, aisled Abbey church, now a parish church. Most of the E end of the nave and clerestorey and the first three bays of N and S arcades survive from the 11th-12thc. structure. The two W bays of the nave arcades are 13thc. and there is a 13thc. chamber, now a vestry, at the W end of the S side of the nave. The church was extensively restored in 1880 by Thomas Jobson Jackson, who rebuilt the 16thc. E wall, the clerestorey, S and N aisle walls and the N doorway. 12thc. sculpture is found on a reset tympanum and on some reset fragments from the original N doorway. The church has a 15thc. detached tower to the NW but very little survives of the conventual buildings.
16. All Saints, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
A large, mainly 14thc. to15thc. church, with nave, chancel, N and S aisles of five bays and a W tower. The only 12thc. carved feature is the font
17. St John the Baptist, Eversholt, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church has a chancel with N chapel, nave with N and S aisles, W tower and S porch. The porch, N and S aisles and W tower are 15thc. and the chancel and N chapel are 14thc. The chapel is separated from the chancel by a two-bay arcade. The nave was originally 12thc. although very little evidence of this now survives. In the late 12thc. the nave had a three-bay N arcade, but only the E and W responds of this survive, the two intervening piers were replaced in the 15thc. The nave was lengthened by one bay in the 13thc. The S nave arcade is 15thc. The church was restored in 1864 by G. G. Scott. (VCH, 377) Late 12thc. sculpture is found on the respond capitals of the original N arcade.
18. St Mary, Everton, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church has chancel, nave with N and S aisles, W tower and S porch. There is long-and-short work on the eastern quoins of the chancel, and the chancel may have formed an early single-cell church. The church as it exists now is substantially 12thc. although the tower, nave clerestorey and S porch are 15thc. There are two small plain 12thc. windows with arcuated lintels in the N wall of the chancel and two in the S. Two reset 12thc. windows are found at the W end of the N aisle and in the W wall of the S aisle. There are traces of a blocked doorway on the S side of the chancel. 12thc. sculpture is found in the N and S nave arcades and on the S doorway.
19. St Mary, Kensworth, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church has a late 11thc. or early 12thc. aisleless nave and chancel, both with plain round-headed windows on the N. The chancel was extended in the 15thc. and the W tower was probably also constructed at that time. Late 11thc. to early 12thc. sculpture is found on S and W doorways, the chancel arch and W tower arch.
20. St Margaret, Knotting, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of chancel, nave, S porch, S transept and W tower. The upper part of the tower is 17thc. The lower part is 12thc. There is a plain round-headed 12thc. window above the tower arch, edged by a keeled roll. The chancel was rebuilt in the 13thc. to14thc. and the S transept added at this time. The 12thc. nave survives, this has a plain 12thc. window to the W of the S doorway. The chancel arch and several reset fragments bear 12thc. sculpture.
21. St Denis, Little Barford, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The original 12thc. church consisted of an aisleless nave and chancel. A N arcade was added in the early 14thc. and there is a 15thc. W tower. The church was restored in 1834, and in 1869, when the chancel was rebuilt. The nave and N aisle were repaired in 1871. There are reset, plain, round-headed windows on E and W walls of the N aisle, 12thc. according to VCH, although the E window is pointed on the exterior. 12thc. sculpture survives on the S doorway.
22. St Mary, Luton, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church has a chancel with N chapel and sacristy, and an organ chamber on the S, N and S transepts, a nave with N and S aisles and N and S doorways with porches, and W tower. The original 12thc. church was cruciform with a central tower. The arch to the S aisle is late 12thc. and the chamfered jambs of the W crossing arch (N and S faces) may also be of this date. The arch to the N aisle is 13thc. The chancel was extended in the first half of the 13thc. and in the 14thc. the tower was built, the aisles were rebuilt,chapels were added to the transepts, and the S and N doorways and porches were built. In the 15thc. the chapel adjoining the N transept was enlarged.The church was completely restored by G. E. Street between 1865-85. 12thc. sculpture is found on a re-set head corbel, on a reset fragment in the S transept and on the arch to the S aisle from the S transept.
23. St Thomas' Chapel, Meppershall, Bedfordshire, England

Deconsecrated chapel
The chapel, which is now used as a storage shed, consists of an aisleless nave and chancel. The chancel was replaced in c.1500. It is the same width as the 12thc. nave. 12thc. sculpture is found on the blocked S doorway. The chapel is constructed of Totternhoe stone, ironstone and brick.
24. All Saints, Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church has an early 12thc. chancel and nave, 13thc. W tower, and 14thc. aisles. The S porch and clerestorey are 15thc. and repairs to the the S aisle were also carried out at this time. There are plain round-headed windows in N and S walls of the chancel. The only carved 12thc. feature is a broken pillar piscina.
25. St Peter, Milton Bryan, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church has a nave, chancel, N and S transepts and a tower on the NW. The nave and chancel are 12thc. and round-headed windows are found on the S and W walls of the nave and the N and S walls of the chancel. All are plain apart from the interior W window. 12thc. sculpture is found on the restored chancel arch, and on the capital and base of a nook-shaft in the S wall of the chancel. There is also a 11thc. graveslab in the nave. The church was restored by Cottingham in 1841-43. Cottingham also built the the tower and probably the transepts.
26. St Mary, Leighton Linslade (Old Linslade), Bedfordshire,

Parish Church
The church has chancel, nave, W tower and S porch. The 12thc. chancel was rebuilt in the 15thc. when the tower and S porch were added. Surviving 12thc. features are the plain chancel arch (jambs rebuilt in 16thc.), and much of the masonry of the nave, although no original doors and windows survive. The font is probably c.1200 or early 13thc. but has Romanesque features so is included here. The church was restored in 1897.
27. St Leonard, Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
Brown cobblestone church of late 12thc. to early 13thc. date with chancel, nave with S aisle and S porch, and W tower. The 12thc. tower arch has a carved keystone but is otherwise plain.
28. St Mary, Podington, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church has a 12thc. chancel, with blocked round-headed windows in N and S walls. The quions of the 12thc. aisleless nave are visible on the exterior. The S arcade is late 12thc. or early 13thc., of three bays with one square, early stiff-leaf capital, and one square, plain capital. The N arcade is 13thc., as are the heavily moulded round capitals. The W tower is 13thc. with a Perpendicular top level. Romanesque sculpture is found only on the font.
29. All Saints, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of nave, chancel, N aisle, W tower and vestry (the vestry abuts the N wall of the chancel). In the 12thc. it consisted of chancel, nave and W tower. The N aisle and three-bay N arcade are 13thc., the chancel was widened in the 14thc. and the tower was rebuilt in the 15thc. The S wall of the chancel and the S porch are of brick and are 17thc.-18thc. and the vestry is 20thc. The S wall of the nave is the only surviving 12thc. feature, and sculpture is found on a reused fragment and a reset tympanum.
30. All Saints, Renhold, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of chancel, nave, N aisle and W tower. The building is mainly 15thc. apart from parts of the nave arcade and N aisle which are 14thc. as is the N arcade. The S wall of the nave, which VCH suggests is earlier than the 14thc. (VCH, 217), was rebuilt when the 15thc. tower was constructed. The font is the only feature with 12thc. sculpture.
31. All Saints, Risely, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church has a chancel with S chapel, nave with N aisle and S porch, and W tower. 11thc. and 12thc. evidence is found in the S aisle and S chapel. The arcade is late 12thc.- early 13thc., the chancel is 14thc. and the nave, W tower and S porch 15thc. A footnote in Pevsner mentions a fragment of 'Saxo-Norman' arch in the E wall of the S chapel.
32. Segenhoe, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church, which is now a ruin, has a chancel, a nave with N aisle, and a W tower. The much repaired chancel is substantially 12thc. although the E wall was rebuilt in brick in the 18thc. The nave has a 14thc. N aisle of three bays ( apart from the E bay which is 13thc.) and did have a S aisle of the same date although this has been blocked, only part of the W respond is now visible. The W tower, which may have originally been 13thc. was repaired in the 18thc. with brick, and the numerous other brick repairs are probably of this date. Early 12thc. sculpture in found on the chancel arch, on one of two reset chancel windows and on a reset doorway.
33. St Mary, Shelton, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The building consists of chancel, N chapel, nave with N and S aisles and W tower. In the 12thc. the church had a chancel and a nave with N aisle. The chancel was rebuilt in the 13thc. and the N chapel added mid-14thc. The tower is late 14thc. and the N aisle was lengthened at this time. The S arcade may also be late 14thc. and seems to have been constructed in emulation of the N arcade (VCH, 163). The nave clerestorey is 15thc. 12thc. sculpture is found on the E respond of the N arcade.
34. Studham, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church has chancel with vestry, nave with N and S aisles and S porch, and W tower. The chancel, probably 12thc. originally, was rebuilt in the 15thc. and again in the 19thc. when it was also widened. The aisles are late 12thc. - early 13thc. and were altered in the 14thc. and 15thc. The W tower and clerestory are 15thc. and the vestry and S porch are 19thc. Five of the late 12thc. to early 13thc. arcade capitals are stiff leaf, three are plain, and four scalloped. The scalloped capitals are described below. The exterior of the church is rendered.
35. St Peter, Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The earliest surviving part of the church is the lower part of the crossing tower which is early 12thc. and which has two plain round-headed splayed windows, one on the N and one on the S wall. A S aisle was added in the late 13thc. and the N aisle was rebuilt at this time. A clerestorey was also built at this time. The chancel is 14thc. The nave and aisles were again rebuilt in the 15thc. as was the upper part of the tower. The church underwent major restoration in the 1950s and 60s, and the clerestorey was dismantled at this time. The church was rededicated in 1971. Early 12thc. sculpture is found on the S doorway to the tower.
36. All Saints, Turvey, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The church consists of chancel with vestry, nave with clerestorey, N and S aisles and S porch, and W tower. The church was originally a single-cell structure with a W tower. The remains of two double-splayed windows may be seen in the S wall of the nave, these could be as early as the late 10thc. The first three bays of the S arcade are 13thc. Two more bays were added to the E in the 14thc. - Pevsner suggests c.1320. The N arcade is late 13thc. The S porch and clerestory are Perpendicular and the chancel is 19thc. by G. G. Scott (1852-54). 12thc. sculpture is found on the font.
37. St Giles, Upper Gravenhurst, Bedfordshire, England

Parish church
The ironstone church has a 15thc. W tower, 19thc. chancel, N vestry and S porch and a 12thc. nave and plain, round-headed, blocked, 12thc. N doorway with chamfered jambs. 12thc. sculpture is found on the chancel arch.