List of churches in Northampton

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The following is a list of churches in Northampton. Presently the list is only comprehensive as regards churches that have their own building. Some defunct and former churches are also included. Non-Trinitarian groups are not included; nor are chapels belonging to other institutions such as schools and hospitals.

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!width=180 |Name

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!Built In (circa)

!Grid reference

!Notes/history

St Mark's, Kingsthorpe

|File:St Mark's Church - geograph.org.uk - 3634316.jpg

|Church of England

|1960

|SP746646

|Built circa 1960. Part of the Kingsthorpe team ministry.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kingsthorpechurches.co.uk/churches/st-mark/|title=St Mark - Kingsthorpe Team Ministry|first=Kingsthorpe Team|last=Ministry|website=www.kingsthorpechurches.co.uk}}

Northampton Church of Christ

|

|Churches of Christ

|1980

|SP810642

|Congregation began 1980. Building opened for worship 1984.{{Cite web |title=Welcome to the Northampton Church of Christ |url=http://www.northamptoncoc.net/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.northamptoncoc.net}}

St John the Baptist, Kingsthorpe

|File:St.John the Baptist Church, Kingsthorpe (geograph 6307292).jpg

|Church of England

|1100

|SP746631

|There has been a church on the site since the 12th century. It was extensively rebuilt and restored in the 19th century. It was a dependent chapelry of St Peter's, Northampton, throughout the medieval period, only being raised to the status of a separate parish in 1850.{{Cite web |title=Kingsthorpe {{!}} British History Online |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/northants/vol5/pp300-310 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}} Part of the Kingsthorpe team ministry.{{Cite web |last=Ministry |first=Kingsthorpe Team |title=St John the Baptist - Kingsthorpe Team Ministry |url=https://www.kingsthorpechurches.co.uk/churches/st-john-the-baptist/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.kingsthorpechurches.co.uk |language=en}}

St Aidan's, Kingsthorpe

|

|Roman Catholic

|1964

|SP749634

|Built in 1964.{{Cite web |title=Northampton - St Aidan |url=https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/northampton-st-aidan/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Taking Stock |language=en-GB}}

Kingsthorpe Baptist Church

|

|Baptist Union (/ Methodist)

|1835

|SP750633

|Congregation founded 1823. Building (Grade II listed) dates from 1835.{{Cite web |title=KBC History – Kingsthorpe Baptist Church |url=https://kingsthorpebaptist.org.uk/kbc-history |access-date=2024-04-28 |language=en-US}} The church is in the process of forming a Local Ecumenical Partnership (LEP) with Kingsthorpe Methodist Church, which was formed in 1977 from the amalgamation of two previous Methodist churches and had its own building from 1980 to 2016. The LEP is set to start in September 2024. Currently the two churches share a Sunday service but are formally distinct.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-28 |title=About Us – Kingsthorpe Methodist Church |url=https://kingsthorpemethodist.org.uk/wordpress04/about-us/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |language=en-GB}}

St David's, Kingsthorpe

|

|Church of England

|1940

|SP759633

|Built in 1940. Part of the Kingsthorpe team ministry.{{Cite web |last=Ministry |first=Kingsthorpe Team |title=St David - Kingsthorpe Team Ministry |url=https://www.kingsthorpechurches.co.uk/st-david |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.kingsthorpechurches.co.uk |language=en}}

Providence Baptist Chapel

|

|Gospel Standard Baptist

|1791

|SP784630

|The church was founded in 1791.{{Cite web |title=Providence Baptist Church Northampton |url=http://www.providencenorthampton.co.uk/1901.html |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.providencenorthampton.co.uk}} It moved to its current building in the suburbs after World War Two.{{Cite web |title=Providence Chapel, Northampton – Strict Baptist Historical Society |url=https://www.sbhs.org.uk/publications/providencenpton/ |access-date=2024-07-29 |language=en-GB}}

Duston Chapel

|

|Order of St Leonard{{Cite web |title=Duston Chapel House of Prayer & Blessing |url=https://www.godshouse.org.uk/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.godshouse.org.uk |language=en}}

|

|SP716626

|Before 2012 the building was occupied by New Duston Free Church, which may or may not be a previous incarnation of the same church.{{Cite web |title= |website=Legacy.com |url=https://www.legacy.com/uk/obituaries/northamptonchron-uk/name/stanley-botterill-obituary}} On large-scale Ordnance Survey maps the church is named "Church of the King."

St Francis, Duston

|

|Church of England

|1968

|SP721620

|The church was opened in 1968.{{Cite web |title=St Francis' Church |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/16548/about-us/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |language=en}} It is part of the Duston and Upton team ministry.

Church on the Heath

|

|Church of England / Baptist

|1940

|SP735626

|St Augustine's Church of England church and King's Heath Baptist Church were both built along with the King's Heath estate in the 1940s and 50s. The current LEP has existed since 2016. The Baptist church has been sold, and the congregation meets in a primary school with the intention to renovate and move into the St Augustine's building.{{Cite web |title=Our Story |url=https://www.church-on-the-heath.com/copy-of-blank-page-7 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=church-on-the-heath |language=en}}

Osborne Road Gospel Hall

|

|Gospel Hall

|1895

|SP751628

|The building previously belonged to Osborne Road Methodist Church. It was built in 1895 and the Methodists ceased to use it around 1979 when the Kingsthorpe Methodist Church building (see above) was built.

Holy Trinity, Balmoral Road

|

|Church of England

|1910

|SP754625

|The church is known as Holy Trinity and St Paul. The building (Grade II* listed) is Holy Trinity only, and was completed circa 1910.{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, Northampton - 1039732 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1039732 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

Kingsley Park Methodist Church

|

|Methodist

|1899

|SP766621

|The building (Grade II listed) dates from 1899.{{Cite web |title=KINGSLEY PARK METHODIST CHURCH METHODIST CHURCH, Northampton - 1116877 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1116877 |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} Now a worshipping community of Northampton Methodist Church which since 2022 is formally one church meeting on ten sites.{{Cite web |title=Explore – Northampton Methodist Church |url=https://northampton-methodist-church.org.uk/explore/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |language=en-GB}}

St Matthew's, Northampton

|File:St Matthew's Church - geograph.org.uk - 6085144.jpg

|Church of England

|1893

|SP767621

|Built in 1893-1895.{{Cite web |title=St Matthew's Church - Northampton : Art and History |url=http://www.stmatthewsnorthampton.org.uk/art_history.shtml |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.stmatthewsnorthampton.org.uk}} Prior to this point services were held in a 'tin tabernacle'.

Broadmead Baptist Church

|

|Baptist Union

|1932

|SP771627

|The church was opened in 1932 and was rebuilt between 2018 and 2021.{{Cite web |title=The Building Project 2008 to today {{!}} Broadmead Community Church, Northampton |url=https://www.broadmead.org.uk/building/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=www.broadmead.org.uk}}

St Gregory the Great, Northampton

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|Roman Catholic

|1954

|SP773620

|A temporary building was used from 1947. The current building was opened in 1954.{{Cite web |title=The Dream Fulfilled |url=https://stgregory.org.uk/the-dream-fulfilled/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |language=en-GB}}

St Alban the Martyr, Broadmead Avenue

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|Church of England

|1938

|SP777629

|Consecrated in 1938. Initially a daughter church of St Peter and St Paul, Abington (cf.).{{Cite web |title=Northampton, St Alban the Martyr Northamptonshire |url=https://northamptonshiresurprise.com/organisation/northampton-st-alban-the-martyr/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=northamptonshiresurprise.com}}

Living Grace Church

|

|Independent

|

|SP785622

|Planted in 1932 as an Assemblies of God church. Moved in the 1950s to a site in Adnitt Road. In the 1980s became Abington Christian Centre and later became an independent church. In 2016 sold the building on Adnitt Road in order to meet in Weston Favell Primary School.

Sacred Heart, Weston Favell

|

|Roman Catholic

|1976

|SP794629

|Built in 1976.{{Cite web |title=Northampton - The Sacred Heart |url=https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/northampton-the-sacred-heart/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Taking Stock |language=en-GB}}

Emmanuel LEP

|

|Church of England / Methodist /Baptist

|1974

|SP796627

|The church opened in 1974.{{cite web |title=Parish Profile: The Emmanuel Group of Churches, Northampton |url=https://d3hgrlq6yacptf.cloudfront.net/61e5d3ec43e94/content/pages/documents/northampton-emmanuel-group-parish-profile46052601004.pdf |access-date=6 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806021659/https://d3hgrlq6yacptf.cloudfront.net/61e5d3ec43e94/content/pages/documents/northampton-emmanuel-group-parish-profile46052601004.pdf |archive-date=6 August 2024 |format=.pdf |url-status=live}} In addition to the main church building in Weston Favell, the Emmanuel Group has two church plants (Boothville Community Church and Rectory Farm Community Church), founded in the mid-1990s, which do not have their own building. .{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} Emmanuel Group Of Churches |url=https://emmgroup.org.uk/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |language=en-GB}}

St Andrew's, Great Billing

|File:Great Billing, St Andrew - geograph.org.uk - 5476348.jpg

|Church of England

|1100

|SP808629

|A medieval parish church.{{Cite web |title=History & Heritage |url=https://www.billing-pc.gov.uk/about/history-heritage/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Billing Parish Council |language=en-GB}} In a united benefice with Little Billing.{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Billing Parish Church {{!}} Billing Church |url=https://www.billing.church/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=www.billing.church}}

Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Great Billing

|File:Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Church - geograph.org.uk - 1765028.jpg

|Roman Catholic

|1878

|SP811628

|Mass was said in the chapel at Billing Hall from 1874. The current building was erected in 1878.{{Cite web |title=Great Billing - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour |url=https://taking-stock.org.uk/building/great-billing-our-lady-of-perpetual-sorror/ |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=Taking Stock |language=en-GB}}

Great Billing Methodist Church

|

|Methodist

|1841

|SP811626

|Built in 1841.{{Cite web |title=Great Billing, High Street, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Northamptonshire, NN3 9DT |url=https://www.mywesleyanmethodists.org.uk/content/chapels/northamptonshire/great-billing-high-street-wesleyan-methodist-chapel-northamptonshire-nn3-9dt |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=My Wesleyan Methodists |language=en}} Now a worshipping community of Northampton Methodist Church which since 2022 is formally one church meeting on ten sites.

Greek Orthodox Church of St Neophytos the Recluse, Northampton

|File:Northampton - Saint Crispins - geograph.org.uk - 270779.jpg

|Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain

|

|SP714612

|Greek Orthodox services were held in All Saints' church from 1968, then in St Peter's, Marefair, from 1973. In 1998 the former hospital chapel of Princess Marina Hospital (built 1887{{Cite web |last=Stuff |first=Good |title=St Crispin Hospital Chapel, Upton, West Northamptonshire |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101249273-st-crispin-hospital-chapel-upton |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk}}) was bought and consecrated for services.{{Cite web |title=Northampton Greek Community |url=https://www.northamptongreekcommunity.co.uk/#a |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=www.northamptongreekcommunity.co.uk}}

St Patrick's, Duston

|

|Roman Catholic

|1953

|SP721613

|Services begun 1941; first church built 1953; rebuilt 1994.{{Cite web |last=Directory |first=Catholic |title=St Patrick Catholic Church - Northampton |url=https://www.catholicdirectory.org/Catholic-Information.asp?ID=56069 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=CatholicDirectory.org |language=en}}

Duston URC

|

|United Reformed

|1844

|SP721611

|Originated as a mission of College Lane Baptist Church with services first held for adults 1837; first building erected 1844. Constituted as an independent church 1923.{{Cite web |title=Duston United Reformed Church » History |url=https://dustonurc.org.uk/?page_id=29 |access-date=2024-05-05}}

St Luke's, Duston

|File:Duston - St Luke's - West End - geograph.org.uk - 4390552.jpg

|Church of England

|1100

|SP724610

|A medieval parish church dating from the 12th century.{{Cite web |title=Find My Nearest |url=https://www.duston-pc.gov.uk/findmynearest,757544 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=www.duston-pc.gov.uk |language=en-GB}}

St Andrew's Methodist Church, Duston

|

|Methodist

|1950

|SP730619

|Built post-WW2. Now a worshipping community of Northampton Methodist Church which since 2022 is formally one church meeting on ten sites.

St Mary's, Dallington

|File:St Marys church, Dallington, Northampton (geograph 3231742).jpg

|Church of England

|1100

|SP737618

|A medieval parish church, with the chancel rebuilt in 1883.{{Cite web |title=St Mary, Dallington, Northamptonshire |url=https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=7584 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=CRSBI |language=en-GB}} Grade II* listed.{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST MARY, Northampton - 1039692 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1039692 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

Spencer Bridge Road Gospel Hall

|

|Gospel Hall

|

|SP743610

|Began in 1965 as a plant from Duke Street Gospel Hall. Acquired its own building 1978-1979 (building formerly the St James Church Institute).{{Cite web |title=Who are we? – The Gospel Hall |url=https://thegospelhall.org.uk/who-are-we/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |language=en-GB}}

Cathedral Church of St Mary and St Thomas, Northampton

|File:NorthamptonCathedral.JPG

|Roman Catholic

|1825

|SP752616

|Services began 1823; first chapel built 1825 on current site; new church built 1844, extended 1864 and again in 1948-1955. Mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton.

Miracle Church of God in Christ, Northampton

|

|Church of God in Christ

|

|SP751615

|The Northampton site of a multi-site Bedford church which began in 1961.{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.miraclecogic.org.uk/our-history/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Miracle Church of God in Christ |language=en-US}}

Duke Street Evangelical Church

|

|FIEC

|1870

|SP756612

|Founded c. 1870 as an Open Brethren church.

Polish Catholic Church of SS Stanislaus & Lawrence

|File:Northampton 156 St Stanislaus and St Lawrence Polish Roman Catholic Church (50586510402).jpg

|Roman Catholic

|1878

|SP757612

|The building (Grade II* listed) was originally built in 1878-79 as St Lawrence the Martyr (Church of England). Since c. 1980 it has been used as a Polish Catholic church.{{Cite web |title=Northampton Churches {{!}} Northamptonshire Family History Society |url=https://www.northants-fhs.org/northamptonchurches/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |language=en-GB}}

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

|

|Baptist Union

|1887

|SP763613

|Church founded 1873; joined Baptist Union 1881; present building opened 1887.{{Cite web |title=Mount Pleasant Baptist Church : Our History |url=https://www.mountpleasantchurch.com/Articles/524786/Our_History.aspx#:~:text=The%20first%20building%20was%20erected,H.J. |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=www.mountpleasantchurch.com}}

St Michael and All Angels with St Edmund, Northampton

|

|Church of England

|1881

|SP764613

|Built 1881-1882. Grade II listed.{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, Northampton - 1052404 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1052404 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

The Entrance Of The Theotokos Into The Temple Romanian Orthodox Church

|

|Romanian Orthodox

|

|SP764613

|Meets in St Michael's church.{{Cite web |title=The Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple Romanian Orthodox Church, Northampton, United Kingdom |url=https://orthodox-world.org/en/i/25102/united-kingdom/northamptonshire/northampton/church/the-entrance-of-the-theotokos-into-the-temple-romanian-orthodox-church |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=World Orthodox Directory |language=en}}

Queensgrove Methodist Church

|

|Methodist

|1879

|SP761610

|Begun in 1879. Originally Kettering Road Primitive Methodist Church. Merged with Queens Road Wesleyan Methodist Church in 1960 and name changed to Queensgrove.{{Cite web |title=Queensgrove Methodist Church, Northampton |url=https://www.mymethodisthistory.org.uk/topics-2/war_memorials/northamptonshire/queensgrove-methodist-church-northampton |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=My Methodist History |language=en}} Now a worshipping community of Northampton Methodist Church which since 2022 is formally one church meeting on ten sites.

Abington Avenue URC

|File:Abington Avenue United Reformed Church - geograph.org.uk - 2620824.jpg

|United Reformed

|

|SP769617

|In 1901 the congregation of King Street Chapel in the town centre (which originated in 1776 as a breakaway group from Castle Hill church{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Graham |date=2021-02-22 |title=Lost Churches and Religious Houses of Northampton |url=https://edintone.com/lost-places-of-worship/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Miscellanea Edintone |language=en-GB}}) moved to a site in Abington. Temporary buildings were used until the current building, by Sutton & Gregory,{{cite news |author= |title=Congregationalism. New Church at Northampton built to Nottingham Architects Plans |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001896/19100920/174/0008 |newspaper=Nottingham Journal |location=England |date=20 September 1910 |access-date=20 January 2019 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }} was opened in 1911.{{Cite web |title=Our History • Abington Avenue URC |url=https://aaurc.co.uk/?page_id=695 |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=aaurc.co.uk}} Named Abington Avenue Congregational Church, it joined the URC in 1972.

Park Avenue Methodist Church

|

|Methodist

|1925

|SP772619

|Built in 1925.{{Cite web |title=Northampton Park Avenue Primitive Methodist Church |url=https://www.myprimitivemethodists.org.uk/content/chapels/northamptonshire/park_avenue_primitive_methodist_church_northampton |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=My Primitive Methodists |language=en}}

Christ Church, Abington

|

|Church of England

|1906

|SP771612

|Consecrated in 1906.{{Cite web |title=Christ Church Northampton |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/16475/find-us/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |language=en}}

SS Peter & Paul, Abington

|File:St Peter and St Paul (7003394897).jpg

|Church of England

|1100

|SP775614

|A medieval parish church, rebuilt except for the tower in 1821.{{Cite web |title=Abington St Peter & St Paul {{!}} National Churches Trust |url=https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/st-peter-st-paul-abington |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=www.nationalchurchestrust.org |language=en}} Now stands in the middle of Abington Park.

St Peter's, Weston Favell

|File:St. Peter's church, Weston Favell - geograph.org.uk - 389073.jpg

|Church of England

|1100

|SP788618

|A medieval parish church.{{Cite web |title=St Peter, Weston Favell, Northamptonshire |url=https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/view-item?i=9438 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=CRSBI |language=en-GB}}

All Saints, Little Billing

|File:All Saints Church (geograph 2899705).jpg

|Church of England

|1100

|SP804617

|A medieval parish church.{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, Billing - 1039721 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1039721 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}} In a united benefice with Great Billing.

St James, St James End

|File:St James' Parish Church, Northampton, England.jpg

|Church of England

|1868

|SP742606

|Built in 1868-1871. The tower was completed in 1924.{{Cite web |title=Northampton, St James Northamptonshire |url=https://northamptonshiresurprise.com/organisation/northampton-st-james/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=northamptonshiresurprise.com}}

Castle Hill (Doddridge) URC

|File:Doddridge Chapel (3LR).jpg

|United Reformed

|1695

|SP749605

|Northampton's oldest Nonconformist church. The congregation was established in 1662; the building (Grade II listed) dates from 1695.{{Cite web |title=DODDRIDGE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, Northampton - 1293889 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1293889 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

New Testament Church of God House of Prayer, Northampton

|

|New Testament Church of God

|1863

|SP753605

|The building (Grade II listed) dates from 1863. It was previously occupied by College Street Baptist Church (see below).{{Cite web |title=BAPTIST CHURCH, Northampton - 1039728 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1039728 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

The Holy Sepulchre, Northampton

|File:TheHolySepulchre.jpg

|Church of England

|1100

|SP753609

|One of only four surviving medieval round churches in England; one of the four medieval parish churches in Northampton that survived into the 19th century. Grade I listed, it was probably built by Simon de Senlis, Earl of Northampton circa 1100, making it the oldest building in the town.{{Cite web |title=Northampton Church -one of only four round churches in England. |url=https://holysepulchre.co.uk/history/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |language=en-US}}

All Saints, Northampton

|File:All Saints' Church Northampton.JPG

|Church of England

|1680

|SP754604

|A medieval church (one of the four medieval parish churches that survived into the 19th century), largely rebuilt in 1680 after the Great Fire of Northampton. Grade I listed.

St Giles, Northampton

|File:Northampton- St Giles (geograph 4127502).jpg

|Church of England

|1200

|SP759605

|A medieval church (one of the four medieval parish churches that survived into the 19th century).{{Cite web |url=https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Northampton_St_Giles,_Northamptonshire_Genealogy |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=www.familysearch.org}}

Northampton Quaker Meeting

|

|Quaker

|1800

|SP757607

|The building has been used for Quaker meetings since the early 19th century.{{Cite web |title=QUAKER MEETING HOUSE, Northampton - 1052388 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1052388 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

Wesleyan Holiness Church, Northampton

|

|Wesleyan

|

|SP760609

|Meets in the building that formerly belonged to St Gabriel's (see below).

New Covenant Church Northampton

|

|Independent

|1897

|SP761608

|Meets in a building which was built in 1897 as a Unitarian church and remained as such until 2000.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-18 |title=Our History |url=https://www.northamptonunitarians.org.uk/about-us/our-history/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Northampton Unitarians |language=en-GB}}

Victoria Road Congregational Church

|

|Congregational Federation

|1873

|SP762606

|The church was established in 1873; the current building dates from 1889.{{cite web|url=https://www.victoriaroadchurch.com/_files/ugd/034118_b2a0cd0863094bbc9bd29f4f25997a11.pdf|title=A Brief Historical Account of Victoria Road Congregational Church|website=Victoria Road Congregational Church|date=2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240613215545/https://www.victoriaroadchurch.com/_files/ugd/034118_b2a0cd0863094bbc9bd29f4f25997a11.pdf|archive-date=June 13, 2024}}

St Mary’s Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church, Northampton

|

|Jacobite Syrian Orthodox

|

|SP762606

|Meets in Victoria Road Congregational Church.

St Mary's, Far Cotton

|File:Corner of St. Mary's church, Far Cotton, Northampton.jpg

|Church of England

|1887

|SP749592

|The parish was established in 1875, but the church was not completed until 1887, with the tower added in 1902.{{Cite web |title=St Mary's Church – Far Cotton History Group |url=https://fchg.org.uk/the-community/st-marys-church/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |language=en-GB}}

Towcester Road Methodist Church

|

|Methodist

|1924

|SP750593

|The church began in 1863, with a new chapel built in 1888 and the current building erected in 1924. (The 1888 chapel was used by the Salvation Army but demolished in the 1970s.){{Cite web |title=Towcester Road Methodist Church – Far Cotton History Group |url=https://fchg.org.uk/the-community/towcester-road-methodist-church/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |language=en-GB}}

St Benedict's, Hunsbury Hill

|File:St Benedict's Church - geograph.org.uk - 1892770.jpg

|Church of England

|1982

|SP733585

|Built in 1982.{{Cite web |title=Our Church |url=http://www.stbenedictschurchnorthampton.uk/page-6/page-7/index.html |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=St Benedict's Church, Northampton |language=en}}

The Abbey Centre Baptist Church, East Hunsbury

|1987

|Baptist Union

|

|SP742580

|Alma Road Baptist Church began 1856 in Far Cotton; first building 1860; new building on Abbey Road 1895; relocated to new building in East Hunsbury 1987.{{Cite web |title=Alma Street & Abbey Road Baptist Churches – Far Cotton History Group |url=https://fchg.org.uk/the-community/alma-street-baptist-church/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |language=en-GB}}

SS Francis & Therese, East Hunsbury

|

|Roman Catholic

|1980

|SP741579

|Presumably built in the 1980s with the rest of the Hunsbury estate.

St Edmund's, Hardingstone

|File:Hardingstone - geograph.org.uk - 435957.jpg

|Church of England

|1200

|SP763578

|A medieval parish church.{{Cite web |title=HISTORY |url=https://www.hardingstonechurch.co.uk/history |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Hardingstone2021 |language=en}}

St George the Martyr, Wootton

|File:Wootton Church 2185639.jpg

|Church of England

|1200

|SP762565

|A medieval parish church.{{Cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1293986|title=CHURCH OF ST GEORGE, Wootton - 1293986 | Historic England|website=historicengland.org.uk}}

Former churches

class="wikitable"

!Name

!Image

!Denomination

!Grid reference

!Notes/history

St Crispin's

|

|Church of England

|

|Opened in 1884. Now closed.

Headlands URC

|

|United Reformed

|SP783630

|Began as a Congregational church in 1944. This church closed in 2021.{{Cite web |title= |url=https://urc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Record-of-Assembly-2022-web.pdf}}

Weston Favell Methodist Church

|

|Methodist

|SP789621

|The exterior has "Wesleyan Chapel 1853" inscribed on a stone.{{Cite web |title=Google Maps |url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.2518765,-0.8449028,3a,15y,292.25h,101.19t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sv0srdPhSAZQ8Tz9o8TqWKg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Google Maps |language=en}} The Methodist Church building is no longer used now that the Methodist church is part of the Emmanuel LEP.

St Paul's, Semilong

|

|Church of England

|SP752618 (approx)

|Opened in 1877. This church has now closed and disappeared and its name merged with Holy Trinity. The name survives in St Paul's Road, Semilong.

St Lawrence the Martyr

|

|Church of England

|SP757612

|Opened in 1879. Now closed and used as a Polish Catholic church (see above).

St Bartholomew's or St Lawrence's

|

|Church of England

|SP753614

|In use from the early 12th century until approximately 1520. The site is now occupied by The Poplars funeral home.{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Graham |date=2021-02-07 |title=Lost churches: St Bartholomew and St Lawrence |url=https://edintone.com/st-bartholomew/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Miscellanea Edintone |language=en-GB}}

St Michael's, Upton

|File:St Michael's Church, Upton - geograph.org.uk - 196569.jpg

|Church of England

|SP717602

|Originally a private chapel to Upton Hall; a chapel of ease to St Peter's (see below) until 1966; closed for regular worship in 1980 and now under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.{{Cite web |date=2011-05-05 |title=Duston Directory: St Michael's Church, Upton |url=http://www.duston.org.uk/stmichl.htm |access-date=2024-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505094710/http://www.duston.org.uk/stmichl.htm |archive-date=2011-05-05 }}

Doddridge Memorial URC, St James

|

|United Reformed

|SP743605

|Demolished in 1998. The adjoining church hall and Sunday school rooms are now a community centre called the Doddridge Centre.{{Cite web |title=All About Doddridge |url=https://www.doddridgecentre.org.uk/about-us/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Doddridge Community Centre |language=en-GB}}

St Peter's Church, Northampton

|File:St Peter's Church, Northampton.jpg

|Church of England

|SP749603

|A medieval church (one of the four medieval parish churches that survived into the 19th century). Closed in 1995 and now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Grade I listed.

Scarletwell Methodist Mission

|

|Methodist

|SP749607

|Begun in 1840 and continued until 1958.{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Graham |date=2021-03-04 |title=The Missions in the "Boroughs" of Northampton |url=https://edintone.com/boroughmissions/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Miscellanea Edintone |language=en-GB}}

St Andrew's, Northampton

|

|Church of England

|SP750608

|Built in 1842 to cater for the rapidly expanding population of The Boroughs. Demolished in the early 1970s.{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Graham |date=2021-04-15 |title=Lost Churches: St Andrew, Northampton |url=https://edintone.com/st-andrew-northampton/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Miscellanea Edintone |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=History of the Boroughs |url=http://www.springlaneschool.co.uk/history-of-the-boroughs/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=www.springlaneschool.co.uk |language=en}}

St Katherine's, Northampton

|

|Church of England

|SP752605

|Built in 1839, demolished 1950. The site is now partially occupied by St Katherine's Gardens.{{Cite web |last=Gardens (en) |first=Parks and |title=St Katherine's Gardens - Northampton |url=https://www.parksandgardens.org/places/st-katherines-gardens |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Parks & Gardens |language=en}}

St John's

|File:Northampton 212 St John's Roman Catholic Church & St John's Hall (50656182376).jpg

|Roman Catholic

|SP754601

|A 15th/16th century building, later used by the Roman Catholics. Now a wedding venue and restaurant.{{Cite web |title=ST JOHN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Northampton - 1039749 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1039749 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=historicengland.org.uk |language=en}}

College Street Baptist Church

|

|Baptist

|SP753605

|The church was founded in 1697 as College Lane Baptist Church; it became College Street Baptist and had its building rebuilt in classical style in 1863.{{Cite web |date=2019-10-11 |title=College Street Baptist Church |url=https://christianheritage.info/places/united-kingdom/northamptonshire/northampton/site/college-street-baptist-church/ |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Our Christian Heritage |language=en-US}} It has since closed and the building is now occupied by the New Testament Church of God (see above).

Jesus Fellowship Church

|File:Northampton-jesus-centre.jpg

|Independent

|SP759607

|Began as Bugbrooke Baptist Church; became a rapidly growing charismatic church 1969; expelled from Baptist Union 1986; bought the former The Deco theatre (built 1936) c. 2000 and rebranded it as the Jesus Centre; disbanded 2019.

St Edmund's, Northampton (Victorian)

|

|Church of England

|SP764609

|Built in 1846. Located on the current St Edmund's Road, it was demolished c. 1980 and its name merged with St Michael's.{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Graham |date=2021-10-15 |title=Lost Churches : St Edmund |url=https://edintone.com/st-edmund/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Miscellanea Edintone |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2008-01-15 |title=circa 1970's, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, St, Edmund's... |url=https://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/social-history-religion-pic-circa-1970s-northampton-news-photo/78969832 |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Getty Images |language=en-gb}}

St Edmund's, Northampton (medieval)

|

|Church of England

|SP760608

|A medieval church which stood on what is now Abington Square. Built in the 12th century to cater for the expansion of the town beyond the medieval walls, it fell out of use when the population later declined during the 15th century and has long been demolished. The name was resurrected for a Victorian church (see above).

St Gabriel's

|

|Church of England

|SP760609

|In 1894 an iron church, previously used to house St Matthew’s church in Kingsley Park, was erected. Services stopped in 1925. The building now belongs to the Wesleyan Holiness church (see above).{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=Graham |date=2019-07-29 |title=St Gabriel's, St Michael's Road, Northampton |url=https://edintone.com/st-gabriel/ |access-date=2024-05-05 |website=Miscellanea Edintone |language=en-GB}}

Hardingstone Baptist Church

|

|Baptist

|SP766578

|The Baptist church was erected in 1857 and has since closed.{{Cite web |title=Hardingstone, Northamptonshire - genealogy heraldry and history |url=https://ukga.org/index.php?pageid=14795 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=ukga.org}}

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