St. Mary, Dunton, Bedfordshire

Description

The church of St. Mary is a building of stone in the Early English, Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, and an embattled western tower, containing 5 bells (hung in 1887 in commemoration of the Jubilee of the late Queen Victoria), and south porch: it was partially rebuilt in 1861, at a cost of £1,600 (£650 of which was given by Robert Selwyn Pryor esq.): the chancel was restored by the 2nd Earl Brownlow in 1861, and new lamps were provided in 1897: there are 495 sittings.

There is a Baptist chapel.

Church Records

The parish register dates from the year 1553.