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- 1. St Mary, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
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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).
- 2. St Thomas of Canterbury, Clapham, Bedfordshire, England
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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.
- 3. St Mary, Kensworth, Bedfordshire, England
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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.
- 4. St Peter, Milton Bryan, Bedfordshire, England
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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.
- 5. Segenhoe, Bedfordshire, England
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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.
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