Bolnhurst village was probably one clustered round the church, which now stands out in the fields some distance from the village, as in a number of other churches in the County which are detached from the community that they serve; Chellington and Carlton are examples.

. At a remote farmhouse to the south-west, once Mavorn Manor, lived the Francklin family. Formerly yeomen, they had become gentry by the 17th century. A 1633 inventory of their household goods mentions a Turkey carpet, silver tankards, damask cloths, and 12 halberds. Sir William, who was MP for Bedford, had extravagant tastes, and died in debt to coachmaker, wine merchant, goldsmith, and gold-lace-maker; but his brother, Sir John. a cautious master in chancery, retrieved the family fortunes, and they later moved to Great Barford.

The half-timbered inn on the main road, the Old Plough, certainly goes back to Francklin days, and probably was known also by that staunch nonconformist, Richard Laundy, who, though imprisoned, somehow managed to make his peace with the gaoler, for in 1669 he was reported to be "commonly at home". It was typical of the construction found in older houses in Bedfordshire being lath and plaster over timber and colour washed. The inn's name was later taken by a brick-built place, a little further up the road, with pebble dash and roof of Welsh slate.  This too has now gone and has become a private dwelling.

In the churchyard is the base of an old cross. The church is mainly Perpendicular, and has a fine screen of this date, and also old pews, and a fragment of 15th century glass showing the Virgin Mary. There is a double piscina. On the north wall is a painting of St Christopher. A monument commemorates Sir John Francklin, 1707, the last of the Bolnhurst line. There is an unusual old organ, brought here about the beginning of this century from another church.