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Parish Church of St Leonard

A Grade I Listed Building in Old Warden, Central Bedfordshire

  • St Leonard: much restored in 1950s; c.1200 lower parts of tower with small lancet, c15 upper parts & belfry windows

  • St Leonard: c15 cinquefoil window at end of south aisle, Victorian chancel

  • St Leonard: c14 arcade of octagonal piers & late c13 chancel arch of three chamfered orders; c16 to c19 woodwork was collected by Robert Henley, third Lord Ongley, in 1841

  • St Leonard: chancel containing imported woodwork, mostly Flemish

  • St Leonard: late c19 panels in font of altar

  • St Leonard: medieval glass containing an Abbot of Warden Abbey in Cistercian habit & St Margaret with dragon

  • St Leonard: panel believed to be from a chapel of Anne of Cleves

  • St Leonard: octagonal wooden tile, c.1555, bearing initial of Mary Tudor

  • St Leonard: Samuel Ongley, d.1726; dressed as Roman emperor

  • St Leonard: marble figure representing Faith in memory of Caroline Jane Shuttleworth, d.1899, by C.H. Mabley in Baroque style

  • St Leonard, Old Warden

  • Interior looking W

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Entry Name: Parish Church of St Leonard

Listing Date: 31 October 1966

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1274774

English Heritage Legacy ID: 414286

ID on this website: 101274774

Location: The Abbey Church of St Leonard, Old Warden, Central Bedfordshire, SG18

County: Central Bedfordshire

Civil Parish: Old Warden

Traditional County: Bedfordshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Bedfordshire

Church of England Parish: Old Warden

Church of England Diocese: St.Albans

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