All Saints' Church, Pitsford

All Saints' Church, Pitsford
52°18′24″N 0°53′43″W / 52.3067°N 0.8952°W / 52.3067; -0.8952
Location Church Lane, Pitsford, Northamptonshire, NN6 9AJ
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Previous denomination Roman Catholic Church
Website Parish website
History
Status Active
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designation Grade II* listed
Administration
Parish Pitsford
Deanery Brixworth
Archdeaconry Archdeaconry of Northampton
Diocese Diocese of Peterborough
Province Province of Canterbury
Clergy
Rector The Rev Stephen Trott

All Saints' Church is an Anglican Church and the parish church of Pitsford. It is a Grade II* listed building and stands on the west side of Church Lane on the northern edge of the village.

History

There is no reference to a church or priest in the entry for Pitsford in the Domesday Book.[1] Parts of the church date to the Norman conquest, with the tympanum over the main church door dating to that period.[2]

The main structure of the present building was erected in the 12th to 14th centuries. Restoration in 1867 included rebuilding of the south aisle, porch and chancel and extensive internal alterations. The church consists of a nave, north and south aisles, chancel and west tower. Detailed descriptions appear on the Historic England website[3] and in the Victoria County History of Northamptonshire.[4]

The parish registers survive from 1560, the historic registers being deposited at Northamptonshire Record Office.[5]

Present day

On 2 November 1954, the church was designated a Grade II* listed building.[3] Pitsford is part of a united benefice along with Boughton. Each parish retains its own church building.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Open Domesday – Pitsford". Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  2. ↑ "All Saints, Pitsford". A Church Near You. Archbishops' Council. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Historic England". Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  4. ↑ "A History of the County of Northampton". London: Victoria County History. 1937. pp. 98–100. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  5. ↑ "Parish Registers" (PDF). Northamptonshire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  6. ↑ "The Diocese of Peterborough – All Saints, Pitsford". Retrieved 2015-09-30.
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