St Leonard, Old Warden, Bedfordshire

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Location
(52°5′7″N, 0°20′31″W)
Site Location
Old Warden
National Grid Reference
TL 137 443
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Bedfordshire now Bedfordshire
Dedication
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Hazel Gardiner

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Feature Sets
Description

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.

History

The Domesday Survey does not mention a church at Old Warden but records William Speke, Ralph de Lisle and Azelina, Ralph Tallboys wife, as land holders there. VCH records that the church was given to Warden Abbey by Walter Spech, presumably a descendant of William Speke, in 1135.

Features

Interior Features

Arches

Tower/Transept arches
Bibliography

Domesday Book: Bedfordshire, Ed. J. Morris, Chichester, 1977, 25, 13; 51, 4; 55, 8.

The Victoria County History: A History of the County of Bedford, London, 1912, 3: 254-55.

N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Bedfordshire and the County of Huntingdon and Peterborough, London, 1968, 130.