St Mary the Virgin, Finedon

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Address: Church Hill, Finedon, Wellingborough NN9 5NR, UK

Phone: 01933 681786

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State: Northamptonshire

City: Wellingborough

Zip Code: NN9 5NR

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Some very characterful faces in the decoration of the church building. Lovely grounds - spring flowers are beautiful.

 7 years ago (08-02-2018)

Parish Priest  Revd Richard Coles,

This fine large church, dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin, is built of native ironstone in the Decorated style and dates from about 1350.

The size of the church must reflect the importance of Finedon both historically and that time. At the time of the Domesday Book it was the head of a royal soke, and almost certainly the meeting place of the Navereslund Hundred. In 1291, Finedon, Higham Ferrers, and Raunds were the wealthiest benefices in the county. Edward I may have been here in 1306, and Edward II in 1323, when royal documents were issued from Finedon, and in 1329, one of the Abbot of Peterborough’s two bailiffs was based at Finedon.

In 1350, the great tithes were appropriated by Edward III, with the Pope’s permission,  to the Abbey of Croxton in Leicestershire, the incumbents of Finedon thereafter being vicars instead of  rectors; and the Abbey had already acquired the right to choose the incumbent. It seems not unlikely therefore that Croxton Abbey was responsible for building a new church, and that its monks were the architects and stonemasons.

Notice  the Norman font, the strainer arch, the green men, the portraits, the gargoyles, and the organ, which was installed in 1717.

 10 years ago (23-03-2015)

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