All Saints is the local parish Church of England church for Sutton Bassett

Sutton Bassett

Sutton Bassett is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, in the Welland valley. It was formerly in the Corby Hundred but has been part of the Stoke Hundred ....

, Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

. It was built as an annexe to St. Mary's Church in the nearby village of Weston by Welland

Weston by Welland

Weston by Welland is a village and civil parish in the north of the English county of Northamptonshire administered as part of the borough of Kettering. As its name suggests, it is near to the River Welland that, thereabouts, forms the boundary with the county of Leicestershire. The Wheel & Compass...

. Originally it fell within the boundaries of the Diocese of Lincoln

Diocese of Lincoln

The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire.- History :...

, and transferred to the Diocese of Peterborough in 1539.

The church dates from the 12th century, but some opinions date it slightly earlier to the late 11th century. Unlike most parish churches, All Saints does not have a graveyard

Graveyard

A graveyard is any place set aside for long-term burial of the dead, with or without monuments such as headstones...

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External links

• http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/search/location/sutton%20bassett*/site/ed-nh-sutba.html - Detail on the Architecture of All Saints Church