page_title: Church of All Saints, Campton
section_title: Church Interior
hierarchical_section_title: Church of All Saints, Campton / Church Interior
caption_attribution_description: English: The lectern and pulpit at the Church of All Saints in Campton in Bedfordshire
context_page_description: The Church of All Saints is the Anglican parish church in the village of Campton, Shefford, Bedfordshire, England. Its official title is Campton and Chicksands Parish and encompasses the villages of Campton and Chicksands and the nearby military base, despite the base having its own church dedicated to Saint Gilbert of Sempringham. The military church is a non-denominational church, so it is not a part of the Anglican parish.
  The building has been Grade II* listed since 1966.
context_section_description: The church has many notable features; two piscinas (one by the altar and one in the south chapel), alcoves for effigy display and plaques and markers detailing remembrances for the dead. There are seven plaques and windows dedicated to members of the Osborn family of Chicksands Priory commemorating their dead, but the oldest plaque dates back to 1489 and remembers Richard Carlyll and his wife Joan, both of whom died on 14 February 1489. No explanation is given for why they both died on the same day.
  Some of the stained glass windows are dedicated to the dead and others (such as the east window) depict 16 saints and the Lamb of God with a Banner of Victory at the top. The window at the south wall of the chancel depicts the Christian virtues Faith, Hope and Charity. The glass lights, designed by Heaton, Butler and Bayne were made by the Chance Brothers of Oldbury and were dedicated in 1912. The windows in the south wall, like the east windows, are by Heaton, Butler and Bayne. The west end of the church is dominated by the gallery, which was designed and constructed by Peter Farmer in 2002. Beneath this is the Fred Oakley Room, a Campton resident and benefactor of the church who died in 2000. The two war memorials on either side of the entrance to the Oakley Room commemorate the men of Campton who gave their lives in World War I and World War II. These memorials were originally sited at each side of the North door. The oak screens that form the east and north sides of the ringing chamber are 15th century and were formerly part of the chancel screen. 
  The north wall dates from 1649 and a number of architectural fragments, believed to be from Chicksands Priory, have been incorporated in this and other walls in the church. The monuments set in the wall are dedicated to Sir Danvers Osborn and the Rev. Arthur McGee, the last Rector resident in the village. The ornate baptismal font was installed c1893 and commemorates the Hon. Charlotte Osborn. The Gothic-style lectern is late 19th century while the pulpit is constructed from parts of a 14th-century screen which includes a traceried panel.
  The two-tiered glazed screen that separates the chancel from the Osborn Chapel is dated 1649. The communion rail is 18th century. The church used to have a Jacobean screen across the front of the Chancel. The screen dated back to 1670, but was destroyed in a fire in May 1960 when a sulphur candle used to remove bees in the church had been left unattended. The altar is framed by a two-centred chancel arch with male head-stops; the head-stops on the north (left) niche wear a style of soft cap that was popular in about 1500, while those on the south (right) are bareheaded. The organ possibly originated in Chicksands Priory and was installed in its purpose-built chamber in 1894.
  The Osborn Chapel contains monuments to members of the Osborn Family including two large white marble altars on the north side with carved oval armorial cartouches with hanging fabric and garlands between. These memorials by John Stone (1620-1667), the son of Robert Stone, are superb examples of 17th century church monumental sculptures. Amongst those commemorated are Sir Peter Osborn (died 1653), who was Governor of Guernsey when its castle was besieged by the Puritan navy; and John Osborn who, after a distinguished diplomatic career died at Rudolfstadt in Saxony in 1814 on the eve of his return to England after 8 years as a captive under Napoleon Bonaparte. 
  The church has numerous examples of early graffiti. The restoration of the church in 1895 sympathetically used as much stone as possible from the original building, although it was not always possible for it to be repositioned in the right place. As a result, graffiti appears in wall spaces where they would not normally be expected. There are good examples in the ringing chamber, the Oakley Room and in the gallery.
  The Welsh stone memorial to the pastoral poet Robert Bloomfield was installed in 2003; he is buried in the churchyard.
caption: The lectern and pulpit
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