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Anglican Diocese of Peterborough

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Anglican Diocese of Peterborough
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The Diocese of Peterborough forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. Its seat is the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter, Saint Paul and Saint Andrew, which was founded as a monastery in AD 655 and re-built in its present form between 1118 and 1238.

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History

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Founded at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1541 (it was until then part of the Diocese of Lincoln), the Diocese covers the areas of:

From 1839 till 1927 the Peterborough diocese covered the territory of the Archdeaconry of Leicester which is now the (modern) Diocese of Leicester.[1]

Peterborough Abbey became a cathedral at the Reformation, one of six wholly new bishoprics founded under Henry VIII. On 4 September 1541 letters patent were issued converting the abbey church of Peterborough into a cathedral church, with a dean and chapter and ecclesiastical staff. The last abbot, John Chambers, was consecrated in his former abbey church on 23 October 1541 as the first Bishop of Peterborough.

A link with the Anglican Church of Kenya Diocese of Bungoma was formed by the two bishops following the Lambeth Conference in 1998.

In 1851 the diocese comprised the following rural deaneries:[2]

  • Covering Leicestershire: Akeley, Christianity, Framland, Gartree, Goscote, Guthlaxton, Sparkenhoe.
  • Covering Northamptonshire: Brackley, Daventry, Haddon, Higham Ferrers, Northampton, Oundle, Peterborough Preston, Rothwell, Weldon.
  • Covering Rutland: Rutland.
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Organisation

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The Diocese is divided into two Archdeaconries:

The parts of the City of Peterborough that are south of the River Nene, and so were in the historic county of Huntingdonshire rather than the Soke of Peterborough, fall within the Diocese of Ely. The previous Bishop of Peterborough was commissioned as Assistant Bishop in the Ely Diocese so he could exercise pastoral care in these parishes, which include Stanground, Orton, Woodston, Yaxley and Fletton.[3][4][5] Thorney, historically in the Isle of Ely and now within the boundaries of the Peterborough unitary authority area, is unaffected by this arrangement.[6]

Bishops

The Bishop of Peterborough (Debbie Sellin) leads the diocese, and is assisted by the Bishop suffragan of Brixworth (vacant). The suffragan see of Brixworth was created by Order in Council on 26 July 1988.[7]

Alternative episcopal oversight (for parishes in the diocese which reject the ministry of priests who are women) is provided by the provincial episcopal visitor, Luke Irvine-Capel, Bishop suffragan of Richborough, who is licensed as an honorary assistant bishop of the diocese in order to facilitate his work there. There is also one former bishop, Ed Condry, living in the diocese who is licensed as honorary assistant bishop.[8]

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Territorial irregularities

The diocese comprises the areas of Northamptonshire, Rutland and Peterborough with the following exceptions (clockwise from Stamford):

  • The areas of Wothorpe and St Martin's Without in Peterborough belong to the Diocese of Lincoln.
  • The areas of North Side (to the south of Thorney), Stanground, Fletton, Woodston, Hampton and Orton in Peterborough belong to the Diocese of Ely.
  • The areas of Stibbington, Water Newton and Washingley in Cambridgeshire belong to the Diocese of Peterborough.
  • The eastern half of Salcey Forest in Northamptonshire belongs to the Diocese of Oxford.
  • A small area at Brackley Hatch, between Syresham and Silverstone, is an exclave of the Diocese of Oxford.
  • The area of Onley to the west of Barby in Northamptonshire belongs to the Diocese of Coventry.
  • The areas of Stanford-on-Avon, Hothorpe and Little Oxendon in Northamptonshire belong to the Diocese of Leicester.
  • The area of Holyoaks, south-west of Stoke Dry, in Leicestershire, belongs to the Diocese of Peterborough.
  • The area of Carlby, and two small areas on the western edge of Stamford, in Lincolnshire, belong to the Diocese of Peterborough.

List of churches

Extra-parochial places

Archdeaconry of Northampton

Deanery of Brackley

  • Benefice of Astwell
    • Parish of Helmdon with Stuchbury and Radstone (population 923)
      • St Mary Magdalene's Church, Helmdon (medieval)
      • St Lawrence's Church, Radstone (medieval, parishes merged 1971)
      • St John's Church, Stuchbury (medieval, destroyed C16th, parishes merged 1560)
    • Parish of Lois Weedon (population 327)
      • SS Mary & Peter's Church, Weedon Lois (medieval)
      • St John the Baptist's Church, Plumpton (medieval, parishes merged 1928, closed)
    • Parish of Syresham (population 875): St James the Great's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Wappenham (population 355): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Whitfield (population 209): St John the Evangelist's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Astwick Vale
    • Parish of Aynho (population 643): St Michael's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Croughton (population 1,219): All Saints' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Evenley (population 591): St George's Church (medieval, rebuilt 1864)
    • Parish of Farthinghoe (population 339): St Michael & All Angels' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Hinton-In-The-Hedges with Steane (population 256)
      • Most Holy Trinity Church, Hinton-in-the-Hedges (medieval)
      • St Peter's Church, Steane (medieval, parishes merged C16th)
  • Benefice and Parish of Brackley St Peter with St James (population 16,326)
    • St Peter's Church, Brackley (medieval)
    • Halse Mission Chapel (1900)
    • St James's Church, Brackley (medieval, demolished 1836)
    • St Mary's Chapel, Halse (medieval, closed c. C17th)
  • Benefice of Chenderit
  • Benefice of Culworth
    • Parish of Chipping Warden (population 554): SS Peter & Paul's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Culworth (population 416): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Edgcote (population 69): St James's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Moreton Pinkney (population 367): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Five Ways
    • Parish of Aston-le-Walls (population 306): St Leonard's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Boddington (population 705): St John the Baptist's Church, Upper Boddington (medieval)
    • Parish of Byfield (population 1,318): Holy Cross Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Eydon (population 431): St Nicholas' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Woodford Halse (population 4,280): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of King's Sutton and Newbottle and Charlton
    • Parish of King's Sutton (population 2,320)
      • SS Peter & Paul's Church (medieval)
      • St Rumbold's Chapel, Walton (medieval, closed C16th)
    • Parish of Newbottle with Charlton (population 538): St James's Church, Newbottle (medieval)

Deanery of Brixworth

Deanery of Daventry

  • Benefice of Barby and Kilsby
    • Parish of Barby (population 1,087)
      • St Mary's Church (medieval)
      • Onley Chapel (abandoned Middle Ages)
    • Parish of Kilsby (population 1,330): St Faith's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Braunston, Ashby St Ledgers and Welton
    • Parish of Ashby St Ledgers (population 146): The Blessed Virgin Mary & St Leodegarius' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Braunston (population 1,826): All Saints' Church (medieval, rebuilt 1849)
    • Parish of Welton (population 594): St Martin's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Bugbrooke, Harpole, Kislingbury and Rothersthorpe
    • Parish of Bugbrooke (population 3,027): St Michael & All Angels' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Harpole (population 1,550): All Saints' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Kislingbury (population 2,888): St Luke's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Rothersthorpe (population 458): SS Peter & Paul's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice and Parish of Daventry (population 28,104)
    • Holy Cross Church (medieval, rebuilt 1758)
    • St James's Church (1839, parish created 1840, closed 1962)
  • Benefice of Heyford with Stowe Nine Churches and Flore with Brockhall
    • Parish of Brockhall (population 88): SS Peter & Paul's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Flore (population 1,449): All Saints' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Heyford (population 1,721): SS Peter & Paul's Church, Nether Heyford (medieval)
    • Parish of Stowe Nine Churches (population 255)
  • Benefice of Knightley
    • Parish of Badby (population 891): St Mary's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Charwelton (population 215): Holy Trinity Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Fawsley (population 24): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Newnham (population 410): St Michael & All Angels' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Preston Capes (population 201): SS Peter & Paul's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Staverton, Hellidon and Catesby
    • Parish of Catesby (population 60)
    • Parish of Hellidon (population 205): St John the Baptist's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Staverton (population 478): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Weedon Bec with Everdon and Dodford
    • Parish of Dodford (population 195): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Everdon (population 353): St Mary's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Weedon Bec (population 2,870): SS Peter & Paul's Church (medieval)

Deanery of Greater Northampton

  • Benefice and Parish of Abington (population 7,667): SS Peter & Paul's Church (medieval, rebuilt except tower 1821)
  • Benefice and Parish of Billing (population 15,261)
    • St Andrew's Church, Great Billing (medieval)
    • All Saints' Church, Little Billing (medieval)
  • Benefice of Dallington and St James
    • Parish of Dallington (population 4,595): St Mary's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Northampton St James (population 9,188): St James's Church, St James's End (1868, parish church 1872)
  • Benefice and Parish of Duston and Upton (population 26,035)
    • St Luke's Church, Duston (medieval)
    • St Francis' Church, Duston (1967)
    • Grace Church Upton (2021, meets in primary school)
    • St Michael's Church, Upton (medieval chapelry to St Peter's Northampton, parish church 1851, closed 1981)
    • St Barnabas' Church, New Duston (1887, closed C20th)
  • Benefice and Parish of King's Heath (population 4,726)
    • Church on the Heath Local Ecumenical Partnership (2007, meets in primary school since 2022)
    • Church on the Heath Local Ecumenical Partnership Old Building (built 1950s as Baptist church, closed 2021)
    • St Augustine's Church (1950s, parish church 1964, closed 2006)
  • Benefice and Parish of Kingsthorpe (population 23,929)
    • St John the Baptist's Church (medieval chapelry to St Peter's Northampton, parish church 1850, rebuilt C19th)
    • St David's Church (1940, parish church 1967)
    • St Mark's Church (c. 1960)
  • Benefice of Living Brook
  • Benefice and Parish of Moulton (population 7,779): SS Peter & Paul's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Northampton All Saints Holy Sepulchre
    • Parish of Northampton All Saints with St Katherine and St Peter (population 2,878)
      • All Saints' Church (medieval, rebuilt 1680)
      • St Peter's Church (medieval, closed 1995)
      • St Katherine's Church (built and parish church 1839, parishes merged 1949, demolished 1950)
      • St Gregory's Church (medieval, closed C16th)
      • St Mary's Church by the Castle (medieval, closed C16th, parish abolished 1589)
      • St Margaret's Church without Westgate (medieval, closed in or before C16th)
      • St Katherine's Chapel (medieval, closed C16th)
      • St Martin's Chapel (medieval, closed C14th/15th)
      • St Thomas's Chapel (medieval, closed Middle Ages)
    • Parish of Northampton Holy Sepulchre with St Andrew & St Lawrence (population 6,189)
      • Holy Sepulchre Church (medieval)
      • St Andrew's Church (1841, parish church 1842, parishes merged 1965, demolished 1970s)
      • St Lawrence the Martyr's Church (built 1878, parish church 1879, closed C20th)
      • St Crispin's Chapel of Ease (1884, closed 1920s)
      • St Bartholomew's Church without Northgate (medieval, closed late C15th)
      • St Michael's Church (medieval, closed C16th)
  • Benefice of Northampton Christ Church St Michael
    • Parish of Northampton Christ Church (population 4,751): Christ Church (parish 1898, built 1906)
    • Parish of Northampton St Michael & All Angels with St Edmund (population 11,762)
      • St Michael & All Angels' Church (1882, parish church 1883)
      • St Edmund's Church (parish 1846, built 1850, demolished c. 1980)
      • St Gabriel's Church (1894, closed 1925)
  • Benefice and Parish of Northampton Emmanuel (population 29,995)
    • Emmanuel Church (1974)
    • Boothville Community Church (1990s, meets in community centre)
    • Rectory Farm Community Church (1990s, meets in community centre)
  • Benefice and Parish of Northampton Holy Trinity and St Paul (population 10,371)
    • Holy Trinity Church (c. 1910, parish 1907)
    • St Paul's Church (parish 1877, built 1890, closed C20th)
  • Benefice and Parish of Northampton St Alban the Martyr (population 11,882): St Alban's Church (1938, parish church 1951)
  • Benefice and Parish of Northampton St Benedict (population 19,176): St Benedict's Church, West Hunsbury, Northampton (1982)
  • Benefice and Parish of Northampton St Giles (population 4,603)
    • St Giles' Church (medieval)
    • St Edmund's Church without Eastgate (medieval, closed c. 1550)
  • Benefice and Parish of Northampton St Mary the Virgin (population 11,939): St Mary the Virgin's Church, Far Cotton (1875, built 1885)
  • Benefice and Parish of Northampton St Matthew (population 7,635): St Matthew's Church (1893)
  • Benefice and Parish of Weston Favell (population 8,089): St Peter's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice and Parish of Wootton (population 14,550)
    • St George the Martyr's Church (medieval)
    • Grange Park Church Local Ecumenical Partnership (2000s, meets in a community centre)

Deanery of Towcester

  • Benefice of Amelcote
  • Benefice of Grand Union
    • Parish of Alderton (population 106): St Margaret's Church (medieval, rebuilt 1528, rebuilt except tower 1848)
    • Parish of Blisworth (population 1,854): St John the Baptist's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Grafton Regis (population 138): St Mary's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Milton Malsor (population 805): Holy Cross Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Stoke Bruerne (population 700)
      • St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
      • St Anne's New Chapel, Shutlanger (1885)
      • St Anne's Old Chapel, Shutlanger (medieval, closed C16th)
  • Benefice of Lambfold
    • Parish of Adstone (population 95): All Saints' Church (medieval chapel to Canons Ashby, parish church 1867)
    • Parish of Blakesley (population 703): St Mary's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Farthingstone (population 190): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Litchborough (population 336): St Martin's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Maidford (population 198): SS Peter & Paul's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice and Parish of Passenham with Old Stratford with Deanshanger (population 6,542)
    • St Guthlac's Church, Passenham (medieval)
    • Holy Trinity Church, Deanshanger (1853)
  • Benefice of Salcey
    • Parish of Ashton (population 543): St Michael & All Angels' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Collingtree (population 2,543): St Columba's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Courteenhall (population 112): SS Peter & Paul's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Hartwell (population 1,880)
      • St John the Baptist's Church (1851)
      • St John the Baptist's Old Chapel (medieval, closed c. C16th)
    • Parish of Roade (population 3,582): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of South Cleley
    • Parish of Cosgrove (population 649): SS Peter & Paul's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Potterspury with Furtho and Yardley Gobion (population 2,933)
      • St Nicholas' Church, Potterspury (medieval)
      • St Leonard's Church, Yardley Gobion (1864)
      • St Bartholomew's Church, Furtho (medieval, parishes merged 1921, closed 1989)
    • Parish of Wicken (population 340)
      • St John the Evangelist's Church, Wick Dive (medieval)
      • St James's Church, Wick Hamon (medieval, parishes merged 1587, demolished 1619)
  • Benefice of Tove
    • Parish of Bradden (population 149): St Michael's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Easton Neston (population 1,443): St Mary's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Greens Norton (population 1,680): St Bartholomew's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Towcester (population 10,121)
      • St Lawrence's Church (medieval)
      • St Augustine's Mission Chapel, Caldecote (C19th/20th)
  • Benefice of Whittlewood
    • Parish of Abthorpe (population 351): St John the Baptist's Church (medieval chapel to Towcester, parish church 1737, rebuilt 1871)
    • Parish of Paulerspury (population 1,116): St James the Great's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Silverstone (population 2,830): St Michael's Church (medieval, rebuilt 1780, 1884)
    • Parish of Slapton (population 83): St Botolph's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Whittlebury (population 566): St Mary's Church (medieval)

Deanery of Wellingborough

  • Benefice and Parish of Earls Barton (population 6,361): All Saints' Church (Saxon)
  • Benefice of Great Doddington and Wilby and Ecton
    • Parish of Ecton (population 489): St Mary Magdalene's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Great Doddington (population 3,055): St Nicholas' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Wilby (population 639): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Great Harrowden with Little Harrowden and Orlingbury and Isham with Pytchley
    • Parish of Great Harrowden (population 1,033): All Saints' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Isham (population 814): St Peter's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Little Harrowden (population 962): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval, parish church 1725)
    • Parish of Orlingbury (population 454): St Mary's Church (medieval, rebuilt 1843)
    • Parish of Pytchley (population 499): All Saints' Church (medieval)
  • Benefice and Parish of Irchester with Stanton Cross (population 4,911): St Katharine's Church, Irchester (medieval)
  • Benefice of Mears Ashby
    • Parish of Hardwick (population 94): St Leonard's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Mears Ashby (population 458): All Saints' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Sywell with Overstone (population 2,171)
      • SS Peter & Paul's Church, Sywell (medieval)
      • St Nicholas' New Church, Overstone (1807)
      • St Nicholas' Old Church, Overstone (medieval, ruined C18th)
  • Benefice and Parish of North Wellingborough (population 6,525): North Wellingborough Anglican Church (1990, formerly Gleneagles Anglican Church, meets in a primary school)
  • Benefice and Parish of Wellingborough All Hallows (population 5,617): All Hallows' Church (medieval)
  • Benefice and Parish of Wellingborough All Saints (population 10,288): All Saints' Church (1868, parish church 1872)
  • Benefice of Wellingborough St Andrew St Barnabas
    • Parish of Wellingborough St Andrew (population 6,314): St Andrew's Church (1936; parish church 1964)
    • Parish of Wellingborough St Barnabas (population 6,571): St Barnabas' Church (1873, rebuilt 1893, parish church 1910)
  • Benefice and Parish of Wellingborough St Mark (population 9,507): St Mark's Church (1960s, parish church 1969)
  • Benefice and Parish of Wellingborough St Mary the Virgin (population 6,366): St Mary the Virgin's Church (built 1908–1930, parish church 1904)
  • Benefice of Wymersley
    • Parish of Brafield-on-the-Green (population 649): St Laurence's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Cogenhoe (population 1,429): St Peter's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Great Houghton (population 667): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Little Houghton (population 457): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Wollaston with Strixton and Bozeat and Easton Maudit
    • Parish of Bozeat (population 2,074): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Easton Maudit (population 103): St Peter & St Paul's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Wollaston with Strixton (population 3,572)
      • St Mary's Church, Wollaston (medieval, rebuilt 1737)
      • St Romwald's Church, Strixton (medieval, rebuilt 1873, parishes merged 1929)
  • Benefice of Yardley Hastings
    • Parish of Castle Ashby (population 115): St Mary Magdalene's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Denton (population 750): St Margaret's Church (medieval, rebuilt 1828, parish church 1892)
    • Parish of Grendon (population 555): St Mary's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Whiston (population 44): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval, rebuilt C16th)
    • Parish of Yardley Hastings (population 748): St Andrew's Church (medieval)

Archdeaconry of Oakham

Deanery of Corby

  • Benefice and Parish of Corby St Columba (population 18,667): St Columba and the Northern Saints' Church (1940, current building 1957)
  • Benefice and Parish of Corby St John the Baptist with the Epiphany (population 11,591)
    • St John the Baptist's Church (medieval)
    • Church of the Epiphany, Corby (C20th, closed 2011, now a gym)
  • Benefice and Parish of Corby St Peter & St Andrew with Kingswood Church (population 17,385)
    • SS Peter & Andrew's Church (1961, current building 1967)
    • Kingswood Church, Corby (C20th?, closed)
  • Benefice and Parish of Great and Little Oakley (population 14,194)
    • St Michael & All Angels' Church, Great Oakley (medieval)
    • St Peter's Church, Little Oakley (parishes merged 1972, closed 1977)
  • Benefice of Gretton with Rockingham and Cottingham with East Carlton
    • Parish of Cottingham (population 1,419): St Mary Magdalene's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of East Carlton (population 225): St Peter's Church (medieval, rebuilt 1788)
    • Parish of Gretton (population 1,525)
      • St James the Great's Church (medieval)
      • Kirby Church (medieval, demolished C17th)
    • Parish of Rockingham (population 672): St Leonard's Church (medieval, rebuilt C19th)
  • Benefice of Harpers Brook
    • Parish of Brigstock with Stanion (population 4,582)
      • St Andrew's Church, Brigstock (medieval)
      • St Peter's Church, Stanion (medieval)
    • Parish of Lowick (population 215): St Peter's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Sudborough (population 195): All Saints' Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Stoke Albany with Wilbarston and Ashley with Weston-By-Welland and Sutton Bassett
  • Benefice and Parish of Weldon with Deene (population 7,005)

Deanery of Higham

  • Benefice and Parish of Finedon (population 4,536): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Four Spires
  • Benefice of Higham Ferrers and Chelveston
  • Benefice of Nene Crossings
    • Parish of Great Addington (population 300): All Saints' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Irthlingborough (population 9,980)
      • St Peter's Church (medieval)
      • All Saints' Church (medieval, abandoned C16th)
    • Parish of Little Addington (population 322): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Woodford (population 1,480): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Rushden St Mary with Newton Bromswold
    • Parish of Newton Bromswold (population 62): St Peter's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Rushden St Mary (population 11,394): St Mary's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice and Parish of Rushden St Peter (population 9,387): St Peter's Church (1907, parish church 1913)
  • Benefice of Rushden Whitefriars (population 10,783): Whitefriars Church (1992, meets in a school)

Deanery of Kettering

  • Benefice of Barton Seagrave with Warkton
    • Parish of Barton Seagrave (population 8,592): St Botolph's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Warkton (population 145): St Edmund King & Martyr's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Broughton with Cransley and Mawsley
    • Parish of Broughton (population 1,990): St Andrew's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Cransley and Mawsley (population 3,101)
      • St Andrew's Church, Cransley (medieval)
      • Mawsley Church (C21st, meets in community centre)
  • Benefice and Parish of Burton Latimer (population 10,551): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Cranford, Grafton Underwood and Twywell
  • Benefice of Desborough, Brampton Ash, Dingley and Braybrooke
  • Benefice of Geddington with Weekley
    • Parish of Geddington (population 1,560)
    • Parish of Weekley (population 226): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice and Parish of Kettering All Saints (population 9,987): All Saints' Church (1898, parish church 1916, rebuilt 1928)
  • Benefice and Parish of Kettering Christ the King (population 6,281): Church of Christ the King (1969, building 1987)
  • Benefice and Parish of Kettering St Andrew (population 6,637): St Andrew's Church (1869, parish church 1916)
  • Benefice and Parish of Kettering St Mary (population 10,848)
    • St Mary the Virgin's Church (1895, parish church 1916)
    • St John the Evangelist's Church (C19th/20th)
  • Benefice and Parish of Kettering SS Peter & Paul (population 20,719)
  • Benefice and Parish of Slipton (population 46): St John the Baptist's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Tresham (population 9,881)
    • Parish of Loddington (population 441): St Leonard's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Rothwell with Orton (population 8,659)
      • Holy Trinity Church, Rothwell (medieval)
      • All Saints' Church, Orton (medieval, closed 1966)
    • Parish of Rushton with Glendon and Pipewell (population 640)
      • All Saints' Church, Rushton (medieval)
      • St Mary's Chapel, Pipewell (1881)
      • St Helen's Church, Glendon (medieval, closed c. 1500, demolished C18th, parishes merged 1923)
      • St Peter's Church, Rushton (medieval, parishes merged late C16th, demolished 1799)
      • St Mary's Church, Pipewell (medieval, rebuilt 1311, demolished C16th)
      • St Martin's Chapel, Barford (demolished C17th)[9]
    • Parish of Thorpe Malsor (population 141): All Saints or St Leonard's Church (medieval)

Deanery of Oundle

  • Benefice of Seven Churches
    • Parish of Aldwincle (population 336)
      • St Peter's Church (medieval)
      • All Saints' Church (medieval, parishes merged 1879, closed 1976)
    • Parish of Clopton (population 138): St Peter's Church (medieval, rebuilt 1863)
    • Parish of Pilton (population 55): All Saints' & St Mary's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Stoke Doyle (population 83): St Rumbold's Church (medieval, rebuilt 1725)
    • Parish of Thorpe Achurch (population 306)
    • Parish of Titchmarsh (population 617): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Wadenhoe (population 106): St Michael & All Angels' Church (medieval)
  • Benefice of Barnwell, Hemington, Luddington in the Brook, Lutton, Polebrook and Thurning
    • Parish of Barnwell (population 387)
      • St Andrew's Church (medieval)
      • All Saints' Church (medieval, parishes merged 1821)
    • Parish of Hemington (population 94): SS Peter & Paul's Church (medieval, rebuilt except tower 1666)
    • Parish of Luddington-in-the-Brook (population 63): St Margaret's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Lutton (population 212)
    • Parish of Polebrook (population 441): All Saints' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Thurning (population 111): St James the Great's Church (medieval, in Huntingdonshire until 1888)
  • Benefice of King's Cliffe
  • Benefice of Oundle with Ashton and Benefield with Glapthorn
    • Parish of Benefield (population 387): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Glapthorn (population 309): St Leonard's Church (medieval, parish church 1922)
    • Parish of Oundle with Ashton (population 6,441)
      • St Peter's Church, Oundle (medieval)
      • St Mary Magdalene's Chapel, Ashton (1706, closed)
      • Churchfield Chapel (medieval, closed Middle Ages)
  • Benefice of Thrapston, Denford and Islip
    • Parish of Denford (population 285): Holy Trinity Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Thrapston and Islip (population 8,043)
      • St James's Church, Thrapston (medieval)
      • St Nicholas' Church, Islip (medieval)
  • Benefice of Warmington
  • Benefice of Watersmete
    • Parish of Apethorpe (population 145)
      • St Leonard's Church (medieval chapel to Nassington)
      • St Nicholas' Church, Hale (medieval, abandoned C14th)
    • Parish of Nassington (population 868): St Mary the Virgin & All Saints' Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Thornhaugh and Wansford (population 810)
      • St Andrew's Church, Thornhaugh (medieval)
      • St Mary the Virgin's Church, Wansford (medieval)
      • Sibberton Church (medieval, abandoned C15th)
    • Parish of Woodnewton (population 463): St Mary's Church (medieval chapel to Nassington)
    • Parish of Yarwell (population 507): St Mary Magdalene's Church (medieval)

Deanery of Peterborough

  • Benefice of Barnack and District
  • Benefice of Castor
    • Parish of Castor with Upton and Stibbington and Water Newton (population 2,114)
      • St Kyneburgha's Church, Castor (medieval)
      • St John the Baptist's Church, Upton (medieval chapel to Castor)
      • St John the Baptist's Church, Stibbington (medieval)
      • St Remigius' Church, Water Newton (medieval)
      • Sibson Parish Church (medieval, abandoned C13th)
    • Parish of Marholm (population 151): St Mary the Virgin's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Sutton (population 132): St Michael & All Angels' Church (medieval chapel to Castor)
  • Benefice of Eye, Newborough and Thorney
  • Benefice and Parish of Longthorpe (population 3,373): St Botolph's Church (medieval, parish church 1850)
  • Benefice of Nine Bridges
    • Parish of Etton (population 136): St Stephen's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Glinton (population 1,747): St Benedict's Church (medieval, parish church 1865)
    • Parish of Maxey (population 1,224): St Peter's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Northborough (population 1,333): St Andrew's Church (medieval)
    • Parish of Peakirk (population 485): St Pega's Church (medieval)
  • Benefice and Parish of Paston (population 18,252): All Saints' Church (medieval)
  • Benefice and Parish of Peterborough All Saints (population 9,947): All Saints' Church (1891)
  • Benefice and Parish of Peterborough Bretton (population 13,573): Church of the Holy Spirit, Bretton, Peterborough (1977)
  • Benefice and Parish of Peterborough Christ the Carpenter (population 11,532): Church of Christ the Carpenter, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough (1950, building 1957, parish church 1973)
  • Benefice and Parish of Peterborough St John the Baptist (population 7,796)
  • Benefice and Parish of Peterborough St Jude (population 9,035): St Jude's Church (1964, parish church 1969)
  • Benefice and Parish of Peterborough St Mark (population 9,053)
    • St Mark's Church (1856, parish church 1858)
    • St Barnabas' Church (1899, parish church 1933, closed C20th)
  • Benefice and Parish of Peterborough: St Mary (population 16,491)
    • St Mary's Church, Boongate, Peterborough (parish created 1857, built 1860, rebuilt 1990–91)
    • St James' Mission Chapel, Eastgate, Peterborough (1884, closed 1960s)
    • St Michael's Mission Chapel, Newark, Peterborough (1872, demolished 1980)
    • St John the Baptist's Old Church (medieval, demolished 1402)
  • Benefice and Parish of Peterborough St Paul (population 8,649): St Paul's Church, New England, Peterborough (1869)
  • Benefice and Parish of Werrington (population 12,127)
    • St John the Baptist's Church (medieval chapel to Paston, parish church 1877)
    • Emmanuel Church (1987)

Deanery of Rutland

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Chapels are in italics. See also List of civil parishes in Northamptonshire#Medieval parishes.

  • All Saints: Adstone, Aldwincle, Barnwell, Braunston, Braunston-in-Rutland, Braybrooke, Brixworth, Clipston, Cottesbrooke, Croughton, Dingley, Easton on the Hill, Flore, Great Addington, Great Harrowden, Hargrave, Harpole, Holdenby, Horn, Irthlingborough, Kings Cliffe, Lamport, Laxton, Lilbourne, Little Billing, Little Casterton, Mears Ashby, Middleton Cheney, Naseby, Northampton, Norton, Oakham, Orton, Paston, Pickworth, Pitsford, Polebrook, Pytchley, Rushton, Seaton, Sudborough, Sutton Bassett, Thorpe Malsor, Tinwell, Wellingborough, West Haddon, Wilbarston, Wittering, Yelvertoft
  • Holy Cross: Burley, Byfield, Daventry, Milton Malsor, Pattishall
  • Holy Sepulchre: Northampton
  • Holy Trinity: Blatherwycke, Charwelton, Denford, Hinton in the Hedges, Rothwell, Teigh
  • St Andrew: Arthingworth, Barnwell, Brigstock, Broughton, Clay Coton, Collyweston, Cotterstock, Cranford, Cransley, Earls Barton, Glaston, Great Billing, Hambleton, Harlestone, Lyddington, Northborough, Old, Spratton, Stoke Dry, Thornhaugh, Ufford, Whilton, Whissendine, Yardley Hastings
  • St Anne: Shutlanger
  • St Bartholomew: Furtho, Greens Norton, Northampton
  • St Benedict: Glinton
  • St Botolph: Barton Seagrave, Church Brampton, Helpston, Longthorpe, Slapton, Stoke Albany, Sulby, Wardley
  • St Catherine: Draughton, Irchester, Northampton
  • St Columba: Collingtree
  • St Cyneburh: Castor
  • St Denys: Cold Ashby, Faxton, Kelmarsh, Ravensthorpe
  • St Edmund: Egleton, Hardingstone, Northampton, Warkton
  • St Etheldreda: Guilsborough
  • St Faith: Kilsby, Newton
  • St George: Evenley, Wootton
  • St Giles: Desborough, Northampton
  • St Gregory: Northampton
  • St Guthlac: Passenham
  • St Helen: Glendon, Great Oxendon, Sibbertoft, Thornby
  • St James: Brackley, Edgcote, Grafton Underwood, Gretton, Newbottle, Paulerspury, Syresham, Thrapston, Thurning, Wick Hamon
  • St James the Less: Sulgrave
  • St John the Baptist: Abthorpe, Barnack, Bisbrooke, Blisworth, Boughton, Chelveston-cum-Caldecott, Corby, Cranford, East Farndon, Harringworth, Hartwell, Hellidon, Kingsthorpe, North Luffenham, Peterborough, Piddington, Plumpton, Quinton, Slipton, Stibbington, Stuchbury, Thorpe Achurch, Thorpe Mandeville, Thrupp, Tiffield, Upper Boddington, Upton (Peterborough), Wakerley, Werrington
  • St John the Evangelist: Caldecott (Rutland), Ryhall, Whitfield, Wicken
  • St Lawrence: Brafield on the Green, Long Buckby, Marston St Lawrence, Radstone, Stanwick, Towcester
  • St Leodegarius: Ashby St Ledgers
  • St Leonard: Apethorpe, Aston le Walls, Glapthorn, Great Newton, Hardwick, Loddington, Rockingham
  • St Luke: Cold Higham, Duston, Kislingbury, Tixover
  • St Margaret: Alderton, Chapel Brampton, Crick, Denton, Luddington, Northampton
  • St Martin: Barford, Litchborough, Lyndon, Northampton, [Stamford Baron], Welton
  • St Mary: Ashley, Ashwell, Ayston, Badby, Bainton, Barby, Benefield, Blakesley, Bozeat, Brampton Ash, Brington, Burton Latimer, Canons Ashby, Catesby, Clipsham, Culworth, Dallington, Dodford, Duddington, East Haddon, Easton Neston, Edith Weston, Everdon, Farthinghoe, Fawsley, Finedon, Gayton, Grafton Regis, Great Houghton, Great Weldon, Greetham, Grendon, Halse, Higham Ferrers, Ketton, Little Addington, Little Harrowden, Little Houghton, Maidwell, Manton, Marholm, Morcott, Moreton Pinkney, Northampton, Orlingbury, Pipewell, Raunds,[10] Ringstead,[11] Roade, Rushden, South Luffenham, Southwick, Staverton, Stoke Bruerne, Tansor, Thenford, Titchmarsh, Wansford, Wappenham, Warkworth, Warmington, Weekley, Welford, Weston by Welland, Whiston, Whittlebury, Wilby, Wollaston, Woodford, Woodford Halse, Woodnewton
  • St Mary & All Saints: Fotheringhay, Holcot, Nassington, Pilton (Northants)
  • SS Mary & Botolph: Thorney
  • SS Mary & Peter: Weedon Lois
  • St Mary Magdalene: Blathewycke, Castle Ashby, Cottingham, Ecton, Essendine, Geddington, Helmdon, Horton, Yarwell
  • SS Mary Magdalene & Andrew: Ridlington
  • St Matthew: Eye, Normanton
  • St Michael: Ashton, Aynho, Bradden, Bugbrooke, Farthinghoe, Great Creaton, Great Oakley, Haselbech, Newnham, Northampton, Silverstone, Stowe IX Churches, Sutton, Upton (Northampton), Wadenhoe, Whitwell, Winwick (Northants)
  • St Nicholas: Bulwick, Cottesmore, Eydon, Great Doddington, Hale, Islip, [Little Bowden], Marston Trussell, Overstone, Pilton (Rutland), Potterspury, Stanford, Stretton, Thistleton, Twywell, Winwick (Cambs)
  • St Pega: Peakirk
  • St Peter: Aldwincle, Barrowden, Belton, Brackley, Brooke, Clopton, Cogenhoe, Deene, East Carlton, Empingham, Greatworth, Irthlingborough, Isham, Lilford, Little Oakley, Lowick, Lutton, Maidwell, Maxey, Newton Bromswold, Northampton, Oundle, Rushton, Stanion, Steane, Tickencote, Walgrave, Weston Favell
  • SS Peter & Paul: Abington, Brockhall, Chalcombe, Chipping Warden, Cosgrove, Courteenhall, Easton Maudit, Exton, Great Casterton, Hannington, Harrington, Hemington, Kettering, Kings Sutton, Langham, Maidford, Market Overton, Moulton, Nether Heyford, Preston (Rutland), Preston Capes, Preston Deanery, Rothersthorpe, Scaldwell, Sywell, Uppingham, Watford, Weedon Bec, Wing
  • St Remigius: Water Newton
  • St Rumbald/Romwald: Stoke Doyle, Strixton, Walton
  • St Stephen: Carlby (Lincs), Etton
  • St Thomas: Northampton
  • Dedication unknown/no dedication: Barrow, Churchfield, Elkington, Kirby, Nobold, Onley, Sibson, Washingley

Post-medieval churches

  • All Saints: Kettering (1898), Peterborough (1891), Pickworth (1821), Wellingborough (1868)
  • Christ Church: Northampton (1904)
  • Christ the Carpenter: Peterborough (1950)
  • Christ the King: Kettering (1969)
  • Emmanuel: Northampton (1974), Werrington (1987)
  • Epiphany: Corby (C20th)
  • Grace Church: Upton (2021)
  • Holy Spirit: Bretton (1977)
  • Holy Trinity: Deanshanger (1853), Northampton (1910)
  • St Alban: Northampton (1938)
  • St Andrew: Kettering (1869), Northampton (1841), Wellingborough (1936)
  • St Anne: Shutlanger (1885)
  • St Augustine: Caldecote (C19th/20th), King's Heath (c. 1950)
  • St Barnabas: New Duston (1887), Peterborough (1899), Wellingborough (1873)
  • St Bartholomew: Newborough (1830)
  • St Benedict: Northampton (1982)
  • St Catherine: Northampton (1839)
  • St Columba & the Northern Saints: Corby (1940)
  • St Crispin: Northampton (1884)
  • St David: Kingsthorpe (1940)
  • St Edmund: Northampton (1850)
  • St Francis: Duston (1968)
  • St Gabriel: Northampton (1894)
  • St James: Daventry (1839), Hollowell (1840), Northampton (1868), Peterborough (1884), Upper Stowe (1855)
  • St John the Baptist: Hartwell (1851)
  • St John the Evangelist: Kettering (C19th/20th), Little Brington (1855)
  • St Jude: Peterborough (1964)
  • St Lawrence: Northampton (1878)
  • St Leonard: Yardley Gobion (1864)
  • St Luke: Peterborough (1901)
  • St Mark: Kingsthorpe (c. 1960), Peterborough (1856), Wellingborough (1960s)
  • St Mary: Far Cotton (1875), Kettering (1893), Peterborough (1860), Pipewell (1881), Wellingborough (1908)
  • SS Mary & Edmund: Catesby (C17th)
  • St Mary Magdalene: Ashton (1706)
  • St Matthew: Northampton (1893)
  • St Michael: Kettering (1908), Northampton (1881), Peterborough (1872)
  • St Nicholas: Overstone (1807)
  • St Paul: Northampton (1877), Peterborough (1869)
  • St Peter: Rushden (1907)
  • SS Peter & Andrew: Corby (1961)
  • Dedication unknown/no dedication: Corby Kingswood (C20th), Grange Park (c. 2000), Halse (1900), King's Heath (2007), Long Buckby Wharf (1875), Mawsley (C21st), Rushden (1992), Wellingborough (1990)
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