Visiting cathedrals, churches and places of worship in Northampton and Northamptonshire

All Saints’ Church is the parish church in the centre of Northampton (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)

Patrick Comerford

Living in Stony Stratford means I am living on the borders of Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire. The bridge over the River Ouse linking Stony Stratford and Old Stratford marks the boundary between the two counties, crossing from the Home Counties into the Shires.

Northampton is only a few minutes by train from Wolverton. This means that over the past two or three years here, I have enjoyed numerous visits to Northampton and used it as a starting base for walks in the countryside, exploring the villages and small towns, and ‘church crawling.’

In the past, I have compiled guides to the cathedrals, churches, chapels and places of worship I have visited and blogged about in the Milton Keynes area and Buckinghamshire, in Oxford, in Limerick, in London, and in other places, and to the synagogues I have visited around the world.

So, I thought it would be helpful this evening to offer a guide to the cathedrals, churches, chapels and places of worship I have visited and blogged about in Northampton and Northamptonshire.

As with other similar guides, I intend to up-date this index as my ‘church crawling’ and other visits continue in Northampton and Northamptonshire.

The Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and Saint Thomas of Canterbury on Barrack Road, Northampton (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)

Cathedrals:

1, The Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and Saint Thomas of Canterbury (Roman Catholic), Barrack Road, Northampton (5 February 2023)

Church of England:

Northampton:

2, All Saints’ Church, Northampton (6 February 2023)

3, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Sheep Street (7 February 2023)

4, Saint James’s Church, Saint James’s Road (8 February 2023)

5, Saint John’s Church (former), Bridge Street (9 February 2023)

6, Saint Peter’s Church, Marefair (9 February 2023)

All Saints’ Church in Yelvertoft … Henry Comberford was the rector in 1546-1560 (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)

Northamptonshire:

7, Badby: Saint Mary’s Church (20 September 2023)

8, Blisworth: Saint John the Baptist (7 September 2024)

9, Crick: Saint Margaret of Antioch Church, Church Street (23 March 2023)

10, Lamport: All Saints’ Church (6 May 2024)

11, Lamport: Isham family chapel (6 May 2024), and the Lamport Crucifix (4 May 2024)

12, Long Buckby: Saint Lawrence’s Church (4 April 2023)

13, Passenham: Saint Guthlac’s Church (21 April 2022)

14, Roade: Saint Mary’s Church, Church End (9 September 2024)

15, Shutlanger: The Monastery, the former Parles and Comberford family chapel (4 September 2024)

16, Shutlanger: Saint Anne’s Chapel-of-Ease (4 September 2024)

17, Stoke Bruerne: Saint Mary the Virgin (3 September 2024)

18, Watford: Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church (11 March 2023)

19, Yelvertoft: All Saints’ Church (20 March 2023)

The Quaker Meeting House at the north end of Wellington Street in Northampton (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)

Baptists:

20, Long Buckby: Long Buckby Baptist Chapel (4 April 2023)

21, Roade: Roade Baptist Chapel (9 September 2024)

Methodists:

22, Roade: Roade Methodist Church (9 September 2024)

23, Shutlanger: (former) Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (8 September 2024)

24, Stoke Bruerne: the Old Chapel, (former) Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (8 September 2024)

Pentecostalist:

25, Northampton: Christ Image Assembly, Wellington Street (11 February 2023)

Society of Friends (Quakers):

26, Northampton: Friends’ Meeting House, Wellington Street (11 February 2023)

United Reformed Church:

27, Long Buckby: Long Buckby United Reformed Church (4 April 2024)

Synagogues:

28, Northampton: Northampton Hebrew Congregation, Overstone Road (10 February 2023)

29, Northampton: the Mediaeval Synagogue, Sheep Street (3 February 2023)

The synagogue on Overstone Road, Northampton, was built in 1965-1966 (Photograph: Patrick Comerford)