The church of St Lawrence at Radstone is earlt C13 with a saddle-back norman tower.
The C14 nave consists of three bays, one south aisle column is decorated with oak leaves and acorns.
The font is norman and corbel heads decorate the columns.
A priest’s door with dog tooth molding is set in the south side of the chancel, whilst on the north side is a small hatched window that is no more than a couple of feet from ground level. Could this be a leper squint where they could receive the sacrement? A small squint for leper’s, is set into the church at Cold Higham twelve miles away.
There a three C19 wall mnonuments one of which is dedicated to Command William Mansell (d1886) who is buried at Brompton Cemetery, London, and another to the Reverend Mansell (d1914).
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St Mary the Virgin at Fathingstone is a late C13 church that was extensively restored in 1852, 1872; and 1924-28 by Talbot Brown & Fisher.
The north part of the church contains a plain octaganal tub font.
Whilst the body of nave contains mid C19 pews with carved poppy-heads.
The east window shows the subject of Jesus raising the widows son and is the only glass in the church that is not a memorial to the Agnew family.
Two of the other windows were designed by John Henry Dearle for the William Morris company. The first (Flora after Burne-Jones) is dedicated to Christine Elaine. The second (St Dorothy) is dedicated to Enid Jocelyn.
The fibal two windows are dedicated to male members of the Agnew family. The first is dedicated to Ewan Siegfried Agnew Lieut. 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers who died in 1930 due to illness contracted during WW1. The second is dedicated to Michael David Agnew Evans, Lieut. Royal Horse Guards who died in Syria in 1942.
The church of SS Peter and Paul at Maidford is a C13 building with a saddleback roof tower, similar to the church at Cold Higham a short distance away.
The interior is three bayed with double chamfered columns, the perpendicular style stalls originate from Eydon church. The font is victorian.
The stained glass in the east window is a Christ Pantocrator (1879) by Ward and Hughes and that in the east south aisle depicting Christ calming the storm (1880) is by Hardman and co.
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Rebuilt in 1859 the church of John the Baptist at Tiffield, Northamptonshire dates from C13.
The circular font is Norman with leaf motifs within lunettes and spandrels. The pulpit is Victorian as is the sedilla in the chancel.
The East window contains stained glass on the subject of the Good Shepherd, the church has two other stained glass windows one depicts Mary Magdalene’s recognition of Jesus, the third has images of Elijah and John the Baptist.
No longer in use, the church of St John the Baptist at Plumpton, was almost completely rebuilt in 1822 by the landown Jesus College Oxford.
The simple Georgian interior retains a number of the features of the original building including the box pews, benches and commandment boards.
The font is mid C17, and the chancel retains the original painted stencil work of stars and sun among painted architectural columns. The south arcade east wall has a marble tablet to the memory of Anne Moore (d1683).
