In front of the Tower doors is the 14th century Norman Octagonal Font that has been in use for some 700 years. It is much plainer than the earlier Romanesque decorated fonts of some other churches in the area, reflecting the plain English style of Kingsland Church. It had until recently, a step and platform purportedly of the same date. To the right of the Tower doors there is a board listing the rectors of Kingsland Church, with the first being one Geoffrey de Balecote of 1285. The present incumbent is the Rev. Julie Read MA.
Inside the tower, two medieval head stops, beautifully preserved from 1275 can be found on either side of the stone arch of the tower. These depict medieval women, one with a wimple headdress. The west window, inside the base of the tower, contains 19th and 20th century glass depicting St. Anne and St. Mary, restored in 1924, and again in 2021. This room is used today as the Choir Vestry, although it was used for storing coal within living memory! Music remains a thriving feature of Kingsland Church, with around 20 choristers well supported by choir and organ master, David Noon. This tradition ensures that Choral Matins, requiems and masses provide an appropriate setting for worship in this magnificent church.
The bell tower stairs are beyond the 17th century internal corner door. The spiral stone staircase leading upwards are extremely steep and narrow with a rope hung centrally to assist with handholds. There are five stages to the tower with small doors leading off to each room. One is for bell ringing, one for winding the clock, and another contains the bells. A tiny door halfway up leads to the inside of the Nave roof, and a crawling board, upon which workmen or Church wardens could access the electric lights that once hung from the roof rafters. The final stage leads to the roof where a panoramic view of the whole of the Parish awaits anyone brave enough to look over the very low parapet!! Someone has to climb up here every time the flag is raised.
There are a ring of eight bells in the Tower, the first five hung in 1552, added to in 1781, and recast in 1979. Each bell is inscribed, the earliest in 1692 to a William BVBB aged 3, and in 1781 to ‘Peace and good neighbourhood’. Later ones have dedications to include various Church Wardens and benefactors, the most recent in 1979.