Millbrook nr. Bedford / Melebroc
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17691MIL
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Michael and All Angels
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael & All Angels
Church Location: Sandhill Close, Millbrook, Central Bedfordshire MK45 2JB
Country Name: England
Location: Bedfordshire, East
Directions to Site: Located 3 km W of Ampthill, 11 km W of Bedford
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of St. Albans
Historical Region: Hundred of Redbornestoke
Century and Period: 12th century, Late Norman
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for this Millbrook [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/TL0138/millbrook/] [accessed 18 September 2015], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. The Victoria County History (Bedford, vol. 3, 1912) notes: "The earliest mention of the church at Millbrook is in the foundation charter of the priory of Beaulieu [i.e., ca. 1160] In 1291 Millbrook Church was assessed at £4 6s. 8d., [...] and at the Dissolution the rectory was worth £9 17s. 2d. [...] A blocked 13th-century lancet in the south wall of the south aisle is the oldest feature visible [of the present church], the south arcade being circa 1340"; the VCH entry does not mention a font. The present font is modern, consisting of a round basin with carved foliage bands at the upper end and on the underbowl, raised on clustered columns on a round lower base and a rectangular plinth. The wooden cover is round and flat, also modern. [NB: we have no information on the medieval font here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.036276,
-0.523466
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 2′ 10.6″ N,
0° 31′ 24.48″ W
UTM: 30U 669865 5767968
REFERENCES
Victoria County History [online], University of London, 1993-. Accessed: 2011-10-24 00:00:00. URL: https://www.british-history.ac.uk.