St. Barnabas, Linslade, Buckinghamshire

Description

The church of St. Barnabas, erected in 1849, is a building of stone in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, west porch, north and south aisles, south chapel, and a western tower with low spire added in 1868 and containing a clock and 8 bells, five of which were removed from the old church of St. Mary, and two were presented, c. 1906. by Mrs. Hadley, of this place, who also gave the clock, which has four dials and a chiming apparatus: the side chapel, together with choir and clergy vestries and the first bay of the north aisle were erected in 1905 at the cost of Miss Mary Lawford: the south aisle was completed and the church reseated in 1913: the chancel and sanctuary were enlarged in 1914; these alterations were made possible by a benefaction under the will of Mrs. Charlotte Maria Simpson, to whose memory the west window is dedicated: the stained east window is a memorial to Elizabeth Sarah Hadley, d. 1872: an organ, the gift of Henry Finch esq. of the Gablel, Linslade, was erected in 1889 at a cost of £1,400; it was rebuilt in 1914 and enlarged in 1923: there are 750 sittings.

Church Records

The parish register dates from the year 1690.