Church Of St Leonard And St Andrew

The Church of St Leonard and St Andrew is a parish church located in Little Linford, dating back to the early 13th century. The south aisle was added in the 14th century, while the chancel and north aisle were rebuilt in the 19th century. The church is constructed from rubblestone with limestone dressings and features an old tile roof.

The chancel consists of two bays and includes reused 13th-century lancet windows. The nave does not have a clerestory. The south aisle has a reset 13th-century doorway adorned with nail-head enrichment, along with 14th-century two-light traceried windows and a single three-light square-headed window from the 16th century. The west window is a three-light with a four-centred head. The north aisle contains 14th-century two-light traceried windows. The west gable is topped with a 13th-century gabled bellcote that has two arched openings for bells, featuring jambs and a central mullion with attached shafts. A 19th-century north porch is also present.

Inside, the north arcade dates to the 13th century and consists of two bays with chamfered orders and moulded octagonal capitals on cylindrical columns. The south arcade of the nave has three bays, also featuring octagonal moulded capitals and columns. The font is of the tub type on a square chamfered base, dating from the 13th century. The nave has a plaster ceiling with a moulded wall plate and curved braces supporting the wall posts, along with cambered tie-beams from the 15th century. The chancel arch has responds from the 13th century, while the arch itself is from the 19th century.

In the chancel, there are two oval wall tablets with carved wreath surrounds commemorating Sophia Knapp from 1795 and Matthew Knapp from 1787, along with other 18th and 19th-century tablets dedicated to the Knapp family.