BEDFORD ST. JOHN
[Transcribed and edited information from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868]
"BEDFORD ST. JOHN, a parish in the town of Bedford."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2013
- Church of England
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St. John's church in St. John street, is a building of stone in the
Early English and Decorated styles, and was thoroughly restored by subscription
in 1869-70, at a cost of about £1,000, and re-opened in June of the latter
year : it consists of chancel, nave, west porch and an embattled western tower
containing one bell: on the south side of the chancel are piscina and sedilia,
discovered and restored during the repair of the church : in 1890 a stone
reredos was presented to the church by the patron: there are upwards of 250
sittings. The register dates from the year 1669. The living is a rectory, net
yearly value £370, with 4¾ acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of F. Aldridge
Clark esq. and held since 1889 by the Rev. William Owen Parker Ford M.A. of Christ's
College, Cambridge.
[Kelly's Directory - Bedfordshire - 1898]
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