In my continuing quest to visit Simon Jenkins’ top church
picks in Buckinghamshire I again went north of Aylesbury to see three more, one
of which, All Saints in Wing, gets four stars from Mr Jenkins.
Norman Magic
St Michael and All Angels in the Village of Stewkley has so
much Norman decoration inside and out. Lovely zigzag carving and around arches
and doors and its sturdy tower is similarly adorned. The church narrowly missed
being ‘moved’ as it was part of the 1970’s site for a third London airport at
Cublington, down the road
A fire clears away the Victoriana.
One would never wish fire on any church however All Saints
Leighton Buzzard (in Bedfordshire) suffered such in 1985. However the sad event
did serve to clear out of a lot of Victorian appendages. The refurbishment has been wonderful with 18
angels flying from the interior roof in gold and blue tunics.
Saxon Splendour
All Saints Wing one of the great Saxon Churches in England. Its
Apse has a crypt beneath it, which you can just peek into. Its lofty pain
interior represents the simplicity and solidity that was the hallmark of that
period. Nothing gets in the way and later additions don’t detract!
This is a very different part of Buckinghamshire to ours down
south, very little traffic and the constant hum of Heathrow and the M40 and
impatient 4x4s.
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