St Mary of the Assumption , Moulsoe, UK - Country Churches on Waymarking.com

Located a few miles east of the M1 motorway and south-east of Newport Pagnell, the village of Moulsoe stands between two tributaries of the River Ouzel and enjoys extensive views to the north, south and east.
Thatched cottages built in the 16th and 17th centuries alternate with late-Victorian buildings including the school.
The church stands on a hill which was once the site of meetings of the Moulsoe Hundred, which met in Anglo Saxon times to determine matters of concern to local farmers and families. ,

Moulsoe parish church began with a chancel and nave in the twelfth century, to which north and south aisles were added in the thirteenth. During the fourteenth century, the aisles were rebuilt and the west tower and south porch were added. The clerestory dates from the seventeenth century. Of particular interest are medieval brass figures of a knight and his lady in the north aisle, a fourteenth-century octagonal font stem, and fragments of a fifteenth-century screen incorporated into the modern chancel screen. Many of the pews in the nave date from the seventeenth century, as do an oak poor-box, some coffin-stools, and a bier dated 1651.
Moulsoe parish church is the burial place of the Carrington family, with monuments in both the church and the churchyard. Extensive restoration work was carried out during the 1990s.

The church also contains memorials of the Smith family of whom the Marquess of Lincolnshire, better known as the first Earl Carrington see the memorial in the churchyard to the right of the pathway.


The Carrington Arms in the village was named after them

Church Name: St Mary of the Assumption Church In Use (even only just occassionally): yes Date Church Built: 12th century Rate this church.:

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