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St Mary The Virgin

Henlow

Bedfordshire

C12 origins, C13 and C14 additions and alterations, extended amd reworked C15

Architectural Features

Chancel: C12 origins, rebuilt C15.3- light E window with 2-centred head

Nave:C12 origins, extended late C13

Late C13 N arcade, originally 4 bays, part of W bay later replaced by W tower buttress

3-bay S arcade, originally 2 C14 bays, extended to W late C15

Late C15 clerestory, with 3 windows to S and 2 to N, all of 2-lights

N aisle: late C13 origins, rebuilt C15

S aisle: C14, extended westwards late C15

3-light C15 E window with pointed head

2 C19 3-light 5 windows in C15 style

W tower:C15

Interior: C19 roofs and font

C12 pillar piscina to S aisle

Good collection late C17 and C16 wall monuments, all marble, including one to George Edwards (d.1712) and one to Christopher Hallely (d.1688).

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