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St John the Baptist Church, Cockayne Hatley
Heritage Open Day: Visit this delightful medieval church in a quiet rural setting with remarkable Flemish woodwork installed in the 19th century. St John the Baptist is a church dating in part to the 13th century set in the countryside of East Bedfordshire. The church features in Simon Jenkins’ England's Thousand Best Churches: ‘no chancel in England quite compares with that at Cockayne Hatley’. The church has a remarkable collection of Flemish woodwork, with sixteen carved oak medallions from the Abbey of Oignies in Flanders. These date from 1687 and depict saints and martyrs from the Roman Catholic faith. Cockayne Hatley must be one of the few Anglican churches with a carving of a Pope.
Sat 7 Sep:1000-1600; Sat 14 Sep:900-1600; Free Entry.
Cockayne Hatley Church, Cockayne Hatley, Church Farm Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 EA
Sat 7 Sep to Sat 14 September
Website:
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event//st-john-the-baptist-church-cockayne-hatley.html