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- 1. St Margaret, Knotting, Bedfordshire, England
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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.
- 2. St Mary, Luton, Bedfordshire, England
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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.
- 3. 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.
- 4. All Saints, Ravensden, Bedfordshire, England
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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.
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