Churches in NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire, England

The largest surviving Anglo-Saxon church in England, built around 680 with reused Roman brick in its arches.

Brixworth

A celebrated late-Saxon turriform tower of about 970, richly patterned with pilaster strips and blind arcading.

Earls Barton

One of only four surviving round churches in England, its circular Norman nave modelled on the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.

Northampton

A Norman church enlarged in 1338 for one of the largest private collegiate foundations of its day, on the Nene near Oundle.

Cotterstock

A lone medieval church set in a Capability Brown landscape, keeping fine alabaster tomb chests of the Knightley family.

Fawsley

Ninian Comper's early 20th-century masterpiece, a richly gilded interior beneath a tower visible for miles.

Wellingborough

A grand late-Victorian Gothic church built by brewer Pickering Phipps, later famed for its Henry Moore Madonna and Graham Sutherland Crucifixion.

Northampton

A little-altered early 14th-century church on the Leicestershire border, renowned for its exceptional medieval stained glass.

Stanford on Avon

A landmark 14th-century church whose slender crocketed spire, near 60 metres, is reckoned among the finest in England.

King's Sutton

A Grade I medieval church crowned by a rare octagonal lantern tower, with outstanding 14th-century glass and monuments.

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