St. Mary the Virgin, Brampton Ash
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St. Mary the Virgin is the local parish Church of England
church for Brampton Ash
, Northamptonshire
. Sitting in the Diocese of Peterborough, the ironstone
church boasts fine carvings of lions.
It is well lit at night, and can be seen across the Welland Valley for miles around.
The church is largely 13th and 14th century with some restoration
in the 19th century.
On the north wall of the chancel, Thomas Farmer, died 1764, and 2 other tablets.
On the west wall of the south aisle: George Bosworth, died 1804; marble tablet with 2 weeping willows bending over an urn. 2 19th century tablets alongside.
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
church for Brampton Ash
Brampton Ash
Brampton Ash is a civil parish and village in Northamptonshire, England. It lies in the extreme north-west of Northamptonshire and the nearest urban settlements are the nearby towns of Corby, Kettering, Desborough and Market Harborough. Running past the north of the village is the A427 road.Within...
, 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,...
. Sitting in the Diocese of Peterborough, the ironstone
Ironstone
Ironstone is a sedimentary rock, either deposited directly as a ferruginous sediment or created by chemical repacement, that contains a substantial proportion of an iron compound from which iron either can be or once was smelted commercially. This term is customarily restricted to hard coarsely...
church boasts fine carvings of lions.
It is well lit at night, and can be seen across the Welland Valley for miles around.
The church is largely 13th and 14th century with some restoration
Victorian restoration
Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...
in the 19th century.
Memorials
On the south wall of the chancel, Charles Norwich, died 1605, and wife, 2 kneeling figures under arch.On the north wall of the chancel, Thomas Farmer, died 1764, and 2 other tablets.
On the west wall of the south aisle: George Bosworth, died 1804; marble tablet with 2 weeping willows bending over an urn. 2 19th century tablets alongside.