All Saints Church, Bow Brickhill

All Saints’ Church, Bow Brickhill
All Saints’ Church, Bow Brickhill
Coordinates: 52°00′3″N 0°40′23.59″W / 52.00083°N 0.6732194°W / 52.00083; -0.6732194
Location	Bow Brickhill
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	All Saints
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade II* listed[1]
Administration
Parish	Bow Brickhill
Deanery	Mursley
Archdeaconry	Buckingham
Diocese	Diocese of Oxford

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.

History[]

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

It was used at one time as a telegraph station. By 1900, 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]

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 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:

• St Mary the Virgin's Church, Great Brickhill
• St Mary Magdalene's Church, Little Brickhill
• St Luke's Church, Stoke Hammond

Organ[]

The pipe organ was installed by Kirkland. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.^[5]

References[]

• 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)

External links[]

• Official website^{[dead link]}
• Media related to All Saints Church, Bow Brickhill at Wikimedia Commons}