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In the 19th century two additional Church of England churches were built to accommodate the rising population.
The first was St John's in Up End, which was consecrated in 1868.
It soon suffered from subsidence, possibly caused by an underground stream.
The burgeoning population of Kempston New Town was served by St Stephen's, a temporary iron church in Spring Road which was built in 1888.
After a member of the locally prominent Williamson family bequeathed £ 8, 000 for the purpose in 1927 the Church of the Transfiguration ( Transfiguration church, kempston ) was built in Bedford Road to replace two unsatisfactory Victorian churches.
It is a solid work in red brick and was consecrated in 1940.
St John's was unused as a church after that and was eventually demolished in 1965.
St Stephen's was sold to the Saunders ' leather factory on nearby College St.
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