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Wendover

June visit - Dunstable Priory and St Giles, Totternhoe

Event type: Meeting
Date: 8th June 2026
Group: Churches & Cathedrals
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The Priory Church of St Peter with its monastery (Dunstable Priory) was founded in 1132 by Henry I for Augustinian Canons in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. St Peter's today is only the nave of what remains of an originally much larger Augustinian priory church. 

The present church and Deanery form part of the Archdeaconry of Bedford, located within the Diocese of St Albans. It became a Grade I listed building on 25 October 1951.

The Church of St Giles is a Grade I listed Anglican church situated in the village of TotternhoeBedfordshireEngland. Constructed primarily from locally sourced Totternhoe Stone, the church's architectural evolution spans from the 14th to the 16th century. It is known for its distinctive flint flushwork decoration and striking 20th-century stained glass window designed by John Piper and crafted by Patrick Reyntiens