The Diocese of Northampton was founded in 1850. Today it encompasses the counties of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and that part of Berkshire (formerly in Buckinghamshire) that lies to the north of the River Thames. The cathedral is in Northampton, and is dedicated to Our Lady Immaculate and St Thomas of Canterbury. 73 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2009).
Built in the mid-1970s under the direction of Derek Walker, Chief Architect to the Milton Keynes Development... Read More
The primary significance of the building lies in its architectural, historical and townscape interest as a... Read More
A mainly Gothic church of the 1960s and a late work by J. S. Comper. Although old-fashioned for its date and externally... Read More
A large post-war church in basilican style by Sebastian Comper. Building economies of the time and the parish’s... Read More
A modern church built on a budget, of striking external form and with an interior notable above all for its wall... Read More
A church of some architectural interest, as much for the bold reconfiguration carried out in 1990 as for the original... Read More
A late nineteenth century church built for Anglican worship, from designs by (Sir) Arthur Blomfield. The adoption of... Read More
A landmark church, built from designs by the Piedmontese-Welsh architect Giuseppe Rinvolucri. The brick-built church... Read More
A simple late-nineteenth century Nonconformist brick chapel, acquired for Catholic use in 1967. A building of some... Read More
The 1959 church, though modest, was of distinctive design. 1993 alterations have radically altered the appearance, to... Read More
A modest basilican church of the 1950s by Sebastian Comper, sensitively enlarged in the 1960s. Simple but well... Read More
Shefford was the focus of Catholic continuity in Bedfordshire during the eighteenth century, and a chapel was built... Read More
