NHER 8989 (Building record) - St Botolph's Church, Stow Bedon

According to (S1), this was built in 1852 incorporating from the old church two lancets in north wall of chancel (now filled with stained glass from Hildersham church, Cambridgeshire, destroyed 1940), two Early English (13th century) windows in nave north wall, Perpendicular (15th century) windows in north wall (one being partly rebuilt), Early English piscina, part of west door corbels; ancient tombs in churchyard; bell of 1797. The old church had a square tower which fell pre 1820, three bells, chancel, thatched nave, font, and screen. The Spelman memorials were there in the 16th century, but gone by the 18th century.
(Compare (S2) containing (S3). Not yet visited).
E. Rose (NAU) 20 March 1981.

1 January 1981. Extreme east end churchyard - only modern graves (indicates medieval settlement around old church?)
Context 1: in molehills; two lightly flint-gritted ?prehistoric sherds, five medieval coarse. Body/rim (now broken in two) of medieval bowl with straight sides and moulded rim, internal sooting.
Finds held by NCM.
Identifications by A. Rogerson (NAU) March 1981.

See site notes in file.

19 May 1983. In churchyard, molehill 10m southeast of southeast quoin of chancel.
Bodysherd of flint and sand tempered prehistoric pottery.
Identified by F. Healy (NAU). Found by A. Rogerson (NAU).
Held by NCM
A. Rogerson (NAU) 24 June 1983.

31 and 21 May 1998. Observation of electricity cables trench in east part of churchyard.
Prehistoric flint.
Iron Age, Roman, Late Saxon and medieval sherds.
See list in file.
Churchyard wall exposed.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 22 May 1998.