All Saints, Tilsworth, Bedfordshire

Description

The church of All Saints is a structure of the Decorated and Perpendicular periods, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle with porch and a low western embattled tower, containing 5 bells: the chancel and north side of the nave are Decorated, and the latter has a sepulchral recess with a deeply moulded arch crocketed and foliated and retaining one pinnacle; within, on a low altar-tomb, is a full-length recumbent effigy of an ecclesiastic in a chasuble, the head resting on two cushions; the front of tomb is panelled in quatrefoils: there are two tombs in the chancel, one in memory of Gabriel Fowler, another to Sir Henry Chester knt. with effigy of himself, wife and son: near the south door is a stone slab, with traces of an incised effigy and an inscription in Norman French to Adam de Tullesworth, supposed to be the founder of an older church on the site of which the present church stands; there is also a very ancient tablet to Mary Willowbi, and four stained windows: the nave and aisle were restored in 1906 at a cost of about £1,200, and the tower and chancel in 1909 at a further cost of about £1,300.

Church Records

The parish register dates from the year 1649.