The Church of All Saints, formerly The Church of St. Michael, is a medieval building and an active Anglican parish church in Houghton Regis in the English county of Bedfordshire. It is a 13th century Grade I listed building. History The Parish of Houghton Regis refers to the building as a "picturesque 13th century church" with "worship in a lively Catholic Eucharistic tradition. The religious use of the site predates the present building and is claimed to go back one thousand years to Saxon times. The church's website records that the church stands in the 'old villge,' in Houghton Regis. All Saints is one of the few churches in Bedfordshire which is mentioned in the Doomsday Book, which states William the Chamberlain held the church, along with that at Luton. Henry I subsequently held it before passing Houghton Regis to his illegitimate son, Robert Earl of Gloucester. His son, William, granted the church to St Albans Abbey in 1153. Domesday also recorded the church's finances. Its financial endowment, half a hide, was valued at 12s. In 1291 the church's value was recorded at £16 13s. 4d. Upon the Dissolution of the monasteries the vicarage was listed as £11 13s. 4d. (fn. 123) and the rectory at £41. The church holds six registers antedating 1813: "(1) all entries 1538 to 1678; (2) the same 1704 to 1767, marriages to 1754; (3) marriages 1754 to 1795; (4) baptisms and burials 1768 to 1807; (5) marriages 1795 to 1807; (6) marriages 1807 to 1812." At one time, All Saints was called the Church of St. Michael; at that time there was an "iron mission" associated with it on Union Street in Upper Houghton. The actor Gary Cooper and his brother Arthur were baptized and confirmed at All Saints on 3 December 1911. The parish is a traditional Anglican Church. Until recently it was within the care of the bishop of Richborough, one of three flying bishops” but, as of March 2022, is looking to recruit its own priest. Currently, the church's website notes that it is "a friendly and welcoming Christian community in the Catholic tradition of the Church of England." On the church grounds there is also a cemetery which is now deemed fully occupied. In 2011, the Mayor, Robin Hines, unveiled a new Town Sign for Houghton Regis. It was financed by specific grant funding and was intended to “add a