Church of St Mary, also known as St Mary the Virgin, is a

Grade I listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...

church in

Podington Podington is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom. The village is within the Wards of the United Kingdom, electoral ward of Harrold, Bedfordshire, Harrold in the Borough of Bedford. Podi ...

Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated ''Beds'') is a Ceremonial County, ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckin ...

, England. It became a listed building on 13 July 1964, (List Entry Number: 1321514). The National Grid Reference is SP 942 627. Surviving architectural elements date back at least to the early 13th century. A 1912 report about the church indicated that it had a chancel, nave, north aisle, south aisle, south porch, and west tower. The south arcade of the nave, the north arcade, the chancel, and the tower were all dated to the 13th century. There were four bells in 1912, dating from 1609 to 1618. The leaning spire was built in the 14th century but was modified in the 14th and 15th centuries. It was in danger of collapse but was restored in the 19th century. During the reign of Henry II, the church was part of the endowment to the Canons Ashby Priory by Stephen la Leye. During the Dissolution, it became Crown property. In 1545, the advowson was granted to Daniel Payne. The church is the final resting place of Richard Orlebar, the

High Sheriff of Bedfordshire This is a list of high sheriffs of Bedfordshire. Pre-Conquest pre-1042: Aelfstan 1042–1066; Godric, Ralph Talgebose Bondi the Staller 1066–1125 *1066-c.1084: Ansculf de Picquigny * Ralph Taillebois *c. 1080 Hugh de Beauchamp *1124 ...

(died 1733) and his wife the culinary writer Diana Astry (died 1716), who had owned Hinwick House. The pipe organ was restored by the 92nd Bomb Group Memorial Association. The 92nd group had been stationed at the

RAF Podington Royal Air Force Podington, more commonly known as RAF Podington, is a former Royal Air Force List of former Royal Air Force stations, station in northern Bedfordshire, England, south-east of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. History Podingto ...

airfield during WWII and flew nearly 300 operational missions from that base.

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Church of England church buildings in Bedfordshire Grade I listed churches in Bedfordshire {{England-church-stub

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