St Andrew's Church, Old, Northamptonshire
| St Andrew’s Church, Old | |
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website |
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| Administration | |
| Deanery | Brixworth |
| Archdeaconry | Northampton |
| Diocese | Peterborough |
| Province | Canterbury |
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| Rector | The Revd Canon Karen Jongman |
St Andrew’s Church is an Anglican church and the parish church of Old, Northamptonshire. It is a Grade I listed building and stands at Church Lane, on the south side of the village.[1]
There is no reference to a church or priest in the entry for the parish in the Domesday Book, which was complied in 1086.[2] This may indicate the absence of a church building at that stage or, alternatively, only the absence of a resident priest.
Most of the current church building was erected in the 13th and 14th centuries and is constructed of square coursed lias with ashlar dressings and a slate roof. There is a chancel, a clerestoried nave of four bays with a south aisle, north porch and west tower. The chancel arch is of 15th-century construction, when it appears that significant further work was carried out such as the addition of the clerestory and porch as well as widening of the aisle.
A monument whose Latin inscription commemorates Alexander Ibbs, a rector of the parish who died in 1606, is set in the north wall of the chancel.
The church was extensively restored in 1874-5. Alterations at that time included the creation of a vestry and an organ chamber, both leading from the chancel, provision of a barrel roof to the chancel, a new roof to the aisle, removal of a west gallery and alterations to some of the windows. [3]
The parish registers survive from 1559, the historic registers being deposited at Northamptonshire Record Office.[4]
Old is part of a united benefice which also includes the parishes of Hannington, Scaldwell and Walgrave with each village retaining its own church.[5]
Photo gallery
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Church tower
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Monument to Alexander Ibbs, 1606
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Chancel
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Nave looking south-west
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Nave looking west
Notes
- ↑ "Historic England". Retrieved 2015-09-11.
- ↑ "Open Domesday – Old". Retrieved 2015-10-02.
- ↑ A History of the County of Northampton 4. London: Victoria County History. 1937. pp. 200–204.
- ↑ "Parish Registers" (PDF). Northamptonshire County Council. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
- ↑ "St. Andrew’s Old". Retrieved 2015-09-11.
Coordinates: 52°21′02″N 0°50′54″W / 52.350550°N 0.848304°W