St. Mary the Virgin, Meppershall, Bedfordshire
Description
The church of St. Mary the Virgin is a small cruciform building of stone, partly of Norman date, with Early English and Perpendicular additions and insertions, consisting of chancel, transepts, nave, aisles, and a central tower containing 5 bells: both transepts have recesses for altars and piscinae; there is a brass effigy of a knight in plate armour, with an inscription below to John Meptyshale esq. 1440, and Katherine his wife; the effigy of the latter, two shields and some scrolls, are lost: there is a similar but mutilated knightly effigy, one of a female, and an inscription below to John Boteler esq. 1441, and Elizabeth (Kymbell) his wife: the whole church was restored, the nave rebuilt and aisles added, in 1875-6, at a cost of £3,000.
Church Records
The parish register dates from the year 1653.