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All Saints, Braunston, Northamptonshire

Location
(52°17′25″N, 1°12′50″W)
Braunston
SP 537 661
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Northamptonshire
now Northamptonshire
  • Ron Baxter

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Feature Sets
Description

The medieval church was demolished in 1848, and the present one built by R. C. Hussey, using some of the old stone alongside newly quarried Warwickshire sandstone. The dressings are of limestone. The nave is of five bays with aisles to N and S, and transverse arches as well as the longitudinal ones in both nave and aisles. The chancel has a S chapel, now used as a vestry. The church was restored by Butterfield in 1874. The font is use is a 19thc. affair of coloured marbles, but a damaged and unusable Romanesque font is also kept inside the church.

History

In 1086 Braunston was held by Walter d'Aincourt, apart from 1 virgate of the Bishop of Bayeux's fief held from him by William.

Benefice of Daventry, Ashby St Ledgers, Braunston, Catesby, Hellidon, Staverton and Welton.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

Bibliography
N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, Harmondsworth, 1961, rev. by B. Cherry, 1973, 120.
R. Wilson, Churches in and around Daventry, Market Harborough, 1999, 13-17.