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A splendid building that originates in the 12th century, serving the local community in many ways today.

St Michael’s church is in the parish of Stowe Nine Churches, originally simply Stowe meaning ‘Christian Holy Place’.

Delightful limestone church dating from the 13th century and quite possibly replacing a wooden Saxon church which existed on the site when the Domesday Book was written in 1086.

The medieval church here was rebuilt in 1874 for Richard Naylor to designs by JK Colling which resulted in one of the most lavish 19th century church interiors in Northamptonshire.

The church stands some way from the village, isolated but not austere.

Built of local ironstone, St Mary's dates almost entirely from the 14th century, with the nave and chancel from the beginning of the century and the tower and spire from about 50 years later.

A large 14th and 15th century church with a slightly earlier tower impressively placed at the edge of the village near Norton Hall formerly a seat of the Knightley family and in the 19th century Beriah Botfield, the bibliophile.

St Mary's church is all that remains of the medieval village of Easton Neston when, following the enclosure of the land, the village was transferred to Hulcote.

For centuries this was an estate church to a succession of families; the Burnabys, Clerkes, and then the Henley/Eden family who successively owned the Watford Estate and Manor here.

This noble medieval building remains the dominant architectural feature of this ancient market town. Its handsome tower and tall spire is strikingly visible.

A royal village indelibly linked with Edward IVs Queen, Elizabeth Woodville, and with Charles ll who gave this crown property to his natural son Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton.

This is a church for those who enjoy an architectural jigsaw. The exterior gives a clue to the complexity of the game.