Historic Churches in Northamptonshire

Earls Barton boasts one of the finest Saxon churches in Britain. The tower of All Saints dates to AD 970 and is decorated with wonderful pilaster stonework, with both rounded and triangular windows. There is a Norman doorway, a 15th-century painted screen, and a Jacobean pulpit of black oak that was once part of a larger three-level pulpit.
High Street, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, England, NN6 0JG

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Heritage Highlight: Superb 10th century Saxon tower

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Once part of a college founded by the 1st Duke of York, this wonderful 15th-century church boasts Yorkist tombs and associations with Richard III, who was born at the nearby castle and may have been baptised here. One of the finest late medieval churches in Northamptonshire.
Fotheringhay, Northamptonshire, England, PE8 5HZ

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Heritage Highlight: Associations with Richard III and the House of York. Yorkist tombs, fan vaulted tower ceiling.

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Nothing much remains of Furtho village beyond a farmhouse and a few cottages - and the restored parish church dedicated to St Bartholomew. The church is 12th century, but much of what we can see today is the result of an extensive rebuilding around 1620, probably financed by Edward Furtho.
Furtho, Northamptonshire, England, MK19 6NR

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This attractive 13th-century church is famed for the Spencer Chapel, with the ornate tombs of 19 generations of Spencers from nearby Althorp Park. In the chancel is the grave of Lawrence Washington, ancestor of the American president George Washington.
Great Brington, Northamptonshire, England, NN7 4JB

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Heritage Highlight: Tombs of the Spencer family of Althorp

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The church of All Saints dates to the early 13th century, but the core of the current building is largely 14th century with major Victorian rebuilding under the omnipresent Sir George Gilbert Scott. The building consists of an aisled nave, west tower, south porch, and chancel, built mostly of local ironstone.
Holdenby House, Holdenby, Northamptonshire, England, NN6 8DJ

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The parish church of St Peter and St Paul in King's Sutton is visible for miles due to its striking 14th-century spire, one of the tallest in England at 198 feet. Highlights include a timber roof from 1500 and a carved wooden panel from the same period.
The Square, King's Sutton, Northamptonshire, England, OX17 3RJ

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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century spire

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A 12th-century church with much later remodelling, especially in the 18th century when Justinian Isham of Lamport Hall had the church rebuilt in Italianate style. All Saints is worth visiting to see memorials to 400 years of Ishams, in styles ranging from 16th-century brasses to neo-classically opulent tombs.
High Street, Lamport, Northamptonshire, England, NN6 9HB

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Heritage Highlight: Isham family tombs covering 4 centuries

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Saxon stonework is evident in this ancient church. Inside the church are a 10th-century Saxon cross-shaft and several large 14th and 15th-century wall paintings.
Church Street, Nassington, Northamptonshire, England, PE8 6QG

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Heritage Highlight: Nicely carved Saxon cross-shaft

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One of the finest Norman churches in Northamptonshire, St Peter's was built around 1150, but there is evidence of a still earlier church in this spot. One of the most interesting features is the carved capitals in the nave, which are wonderfully decorated with carved foliage, birds, beasts, and human faces.
Marefair, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, NN1 1SR

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A very simple church dating to the 12th century, St Peter and St Paul at Preston Deanery is worth visiting to see the lovely late Viking or early Norman carvings that decorate the string course flanking the chancel arch.
Preston Deanery, Northamptonshire, England, NN7 2DX

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Heritage Highlight: Saxon carvings

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