The Parish church of Little Hampden, Buckinghamshire (dedication unknown)

Description

The parish church (dedication unknown) is a very small but ancient building of stone and dating from about 1250, and consisting of chancel, nave and north porch with bell chamber over containing one bell: the chancel was rebuilt in 1859; on the south side of the chancel is a handsome piscina and an ancient stone figure of a bishop with a crozier in his left hand; his right hand being uplifted in the act of benediction: the original altar slab still exists: in 1907 some ancient frescoes were uncovered, one representing St. Christopher, another St. Peter and St. Paul, the remainder are fragmentary; further frescoes have since been discovered: the church was in part new roofed in 1906, and affords 50 sittings. In an addition to the churchyard, given by Llewellyn Atkinson esq. is a limestone cross, erected in memory of the men of Little Hampden who fell in the Great War, 1914-18.

Church Records

The parish register dates from the year 1660.