[1] The religious use of the site predates the present building and is claimed to go back one thousand years to Saxon times.

[5] King Henry I gave Houghton Regis to Earl Robert of Gloucester, and subsequently his son William granted it to the monks of St Albans Abbey in 1153.

All Saints’ was reconstructed in later centuries, probably before the leadership of Abbot John Moore of St Albans, who ordered the Tithe Barn adjacent to the churchyard to be constructed between 1396 and 1401.

It was financed by specific grant funding and was intended to “add a sense of place and community to the town.” The sign and crest feature historic and more modern elements including All Saints Church.

[10] The style of the building is mainly Perpendicular (or Rectilinear) Gothic, with some early Curvilinear elements such as the east window in the south aisle.

[11] The cluch, a relatively hard chalk from the Chiltern Hills,[11] used here has been sourced locally, since the construction of the church, for most restoration works.

The tower also houses six bells, a spacious ringing chamber, and a beautiful Victorian stained glass window, flanked by medieval canopied niches.

[5] The circular Norman font of Totternhoe stone is the oldest known part of the church,[12] having been constructed well before the present building was even begun.

[1] Sir Stephen Glynne, writing before 1840, described it in his Church Notes, as "remarkably fine" and "very richly sculptured throughout".

This is reputedly the tomb of John de Sewell who accompanied the Black Prince to Aquitaine in 1366 in the retinue of Hugh, Earl of Stafford.

[1] The nave ceiling dates to latter part of the 14th century (or the beginning of the 15th); it is a simple but elegant example of Rectilinear gothic architecture.

[11] It is supported by stone corbels in the shape of animals and mythical creatures, and it is decorated with carved oak figures of monks bearing shields or coat of arms.

The altar rail, made from the reclaimed staircase banister of Houghton Hall, divides the chancel in two areas: choir and sanctuary.

[11] The high altar triptych was gifted to All Saints’ in memory of Fr Colin Gay SSC, Honorary Assistant Priest from 2002 to 2015 and dedicated by the Rt Revd Norman Banks, Bishop of Richborough, on 26 June 2023.

[1] Above the vicinity of the Sewell tomb, in the Lady Chapel, and in the tower there are rather good examples of Victorian stained glass by Thomas Baillie.

The west end window was unveiled in 1891 to commemorate the Revd Hugh Blagg Smyth, and it depicts the Resurrection of Jesus, the Baptism of the Lord, and the Institution of the Eucharist.

Giddings (plumbing and painting) Repositioning of the font, Roof repairs, Taking down of the gallery John Cumberland (Clerk of Works) Reseating of the church Hammer of London (pews) Reseating of the east end, The path reconnected the main entrance of All Saints' with the south east gate of the churchyard partial rewiring, replacement of tower lights Installation of high altar tritych The patronage of the parish (or advowson), meaning the right to present or put forward a person to be inducted as vicar, was exercised by the person or institution owning church land.

[14] Both the lists of Priests, Chaplains (Cappellani), and Vicars of Houghton Regis preserved at All Saints’ Parish Church and Bedfordshire Archives begin in 1226.