Cemeteries · West Midlands
All Saints Church
All Saints Church is a cemetery in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Leagrave · 4.3 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
All Saints Church is a named cemetery in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1350. Coordinates: 51.9050°, -0.5212°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Chilterns
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, is a medieval Grade I listed building. Characterised by flint and clunch checker work on the exterior, the church dates predominantly from the 13th and 14th centuries, with 15th century additions. All Saints' serves as the Parish Church for Houghton Regis, the parish including the town, parts of North Dunstable, Bidwell West, Thorn, and Linmere, as well as the hamlet of Sewell.
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Background
Architecture
Charles O'Brien and Nikolaus Pevsner, in the 2014 revised edition of Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire and Peterborough in the Pevsner Buildings of England series, describe All Saints as "a stately church". The style of the building is mainly Perpendicular (or Rectilinear) Gothic, with some early Curvilinear elements such as the east window in the south aisle. It consists of a chancel, a nave of five bays and clerestory, side aisles, south porch, and tower. On the outside All Saints’ is characterized by its flint and Totternhoe stone checker work, the battlements, and the stone grotesques which adorn the walls. Battlements were added to the chancel in the 19th century whilst it was being…
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- Coordinates
- 51.9050, -0.5212
- District
- Central Bedfordshire
- Parish
- Houghton Regis
- Postcode
- LU5 5EB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Established
- 1350
- Nearest railway station
- Leagrave — 4.3 km
- Official site
- www.allsaintshr.co.uk
Sources
- osm: w389625367 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Church of All Saints, Houghton Regis (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Houghton Regis.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is All Saints Church?
- All Saints Church is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode LU5 5EB), in the parish of Houghton Regis.
- When was All Saints Church built?
- Built or established in 1350.
- Is All Saints Church a protected site?
- Yes — All Saints Church is part of the Chilterns National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to All Saints Church?
- The nearest railway station is Leagrave, about 4.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode LU5 5EB.