Two unusual 17th century monuments should be enough to encourage a trip to this remote village adjacent to the borders of Huntingdonshire.
Lutton, Northamptonshire
They are both to members of the Apreece Family who clung to the Catholic faith despite the endeavours of the courts and the clerics of Peterborough Cathedral. Adlard Apreece (d1608) spent most of his life on the continent in military service. His tomb, which is attributed to Maximillian Colt, sculptor of Mary Queen of Scots monument in Westminster Abbey, and mentions France, Hungary, Austria and Bavaria. He is shown as a kneeling knight with military trophies as decoration.
On the other side of the chancel is a very curious memorial to earlier members of the family put up by Jerome Apreece in 1633. Here we see three recusant Apreece's almost life size soberly dressed and kneeling on scarlet cushions. They are Robert (d1555), his son William (d1574) and another Robert (d1621).
The church itself predates these tombs by at least 300 years. Note the unusual chancel windows, the corbel heads, the emblematic figures supporting the roof beams, and externally the pieces of Anglo Saxon decorative sculpture now built into the tower.
Polebrook, Northamptonshire
This church has strong American associations as during the Second World War some 6,000 men and women of the 351st Heavy Bombardment Group Eight, United States Army Airforce, was stationed at the newly created Polebrook Airbase.
Thurning, Northamptonshire
The best Arts & Crafts church in the county.
Warmington, Northamptonshire
The interior of the church is 13th century at its best, with a wooden roof in imitation of stone vaulting and one of the best collections of Green Men in England.
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