All Hallows Church, Wellingborough
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| location = Pebble Lane, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 1AS
| country = England
| denomination = Church of England
| churchmanship = Traditional Catholic
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| years built = 1160
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| deanery = Wellingborough
| archdeaconry = Archdeaconry of Northampton
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| diocese = Diocese of Peterborough
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The All Hallows Church is a Church of England parish church in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. The church is a Grade I listed building.{{English Heritage List entry |num= 1371761 |desc= All Hallows Church |grade= I |accessdate=15 March 2017}}[https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/16530/ All Hallows]
History
The church was built in 1160. Dedication to All Hallows recorded in 1517.{{cn|date=March 2023}}
Construction of the existing tower began {{Circa|1280}} and took 20 years to complete.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66335&strquery=Wellingborough#s4 Wellingborough: Churches], A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4 (on British History Online). Retrieved 2013-05-14.
On 23 September 1950, All Hallows Church was designated a Grade I listed building.
The church has a fine collection of mid-20th century stained glass. The first to be installed is in the south aisle west window, Evie Hone's 1955 window referencing Old Testament symbolism in a definitively modern style. In the early 1960s, leading French stained glass maker, Jean Barillet was commissioned to provide a window on the theme of St Crispin and St Crispinian, patron saints of the shoe making industry. It was installed in 1962. Three more modern windows, all designed by John Piper and manufactured by Patrick Reyntiens, can be found in the north aisle west Evangelists and Prophets window dated 1961, rose window below west tower installed 1963, and an abstract composition in south chapel titled 'All Things Bright and Beautiful' from 1969.{{cite web |title=Church of All Hallows, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire |url=https://www.visitstainedglass.uk/location/church-of-all-hallows-wellingborough/|website=Visit Stained Glass |accessdate=16 December 2024}}
File:Hone window, south west aisle, All Hallows' Church, Wellingborough.jpg | South aisle, west window (Evie Hone, 1955)
File:Piper window, north aisle, All Hallows' Church, Wellingborough.jpg | North aisle, west window (John Piper, 1961)
File:Barillet window, South Chapel, All Hallows' Church, Wellingborough.jpg | South chapel (Jean Barillet, 1962)
File:Piper rose window, tower, All Hallows' Church, Wellingborough.jpg | West tower window (John Piper, 1963)
File:Piper window, south chapel, All Hallows' Church, Wellingborough.jpg | South chapel (John Piper, 1969)
References
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External links
- [http://allhallowsandallsaintswellingborough.co.uk Parish website]
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