Church of All Saints

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All Saints' Church, Bow Brickhill is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire, to the south-east of Milton Keynes.

History: First mentioned in 1185, a major renovation occurred in the 15th century. 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. It was used during the Napoleonic Wars as a telegraph station.

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 bells are unringable as of 2023. 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...