Bedfordshire Times and Independent - Friday 30 June 1922 (page 2); reported: 'RESTORATION OF HARLINGTON CHURCH. Like their neighbours at Toddington, the people of Harlington are making big efforts to raise fund for the restoration of their fine old church, which badly needs attention. A two-days' garden fete is to held at Harlington next week for this object and it is hoped it will prove a great success, so that the long delayed and important work may be commenced early next year. The tower of the church is the chief cause for anxiety, for the top part is simply crumbling away and the fine peal of five bells (the smallest of which has been cracked since 1907) have not been properly rung owing to its unfit state for over thirty years. The parochial church council decided last autumn not to delay any longer and a fund was opened. About £160 has so far been raised, but over £1,000 will be required to complete the work. This ancient church, which according to the report of Mr. F. C. Eeles, the well known ecological expert of the Victoria and Albert Museum (who recently examined the building), was built early in the 14th century, is situated in the centre of the village on hill about 400 feet above sea-level and is a well-known landmark. The fine old elms which surround it add much to its beauty. The inside of the church is the burying place of several notable people. It is reported that the Wingates, residents of the old Manor House here in the 15th century, are buried there. In the chancel on the south wall isa tablet erected to the memory of Thomas Arnold of the Kent Regiment, who died in December, 1681. On the north wall is another tablet bearing the name of Francisus Astrey and dated 1716. A stained glass window at the north-east corner of the church is dedicated to the memory of George and Elizabeth Pearse 1885, who were also residents of the Manor House. Another window in the south side of the chancel in memory of the Rev. W. Spencer, D.D., Vicar from 1894 to 1905, was erected by the parishioners in 1906. Dr Spencer lies buried in the adjacent cemetery. Two oaken tablets bearing the names of the fallen in the Great War surmounted by a crucifix occupy a niche in the north wall. They were the gift of the parishioners and the Crucifix was the joint gift of Mrs. Webster (late resident of the Manor) and Mrs. Hodgson (wife of the present vicar).' https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000749/19220630/029/0002

https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/255406/

Bedfordshire Archives: 'Harlington and the First World War. The Vicar of Harlington, Rev. A. G. Hodgson, compiled a memorial booklet which was published in January 1921, a copy of which is held by Bedfordshire Archives as part of the parish collection (reference P75/28/14). The booklet included biographical notes and photographs of parishioners who lost their lives during the First World War'. https://bedsarchives.bedford.gov.uk/CommunityHistories/Harlington/Harlington-and-the-First-World-War.aspx

https://roll-of-honour.com/Bedfordshire/HarlingtonRollofHonour.html