Building record 4906/1/1 - St Mary's Church, Dallington

Dallington parish church, formerly dedicated to St Giles. The church was built in the 12th century, the west tower and north aisle were added in the 13th century, the north chapel in 1679, the south aisle in 1877 and the chancel in 1883. The east window was designed by Kempe in 1892.

{4} The earliest surviving elements in the fabric date from the early 13th century. The only hints of an earlier, Romanesque, church are the stepped relationship between the N. wall of the nave and the chancel and the uneven spacing of the nave arcades. On this hypothesis, in the Romanesque church the S. wall of the chancel would have run half a wall thicknes to the N. of its present position and the W. wall of the nave would have been in line with hte present western nave piers. In the 13th century the nave was lengthened and the aisle and tower added. The S. porch was added about 1300. In the 14th century the S. wall of the chancel was moved half a wall thickness to the S. and the present arcades, tower and chancel inserted. The clearstorey was probably added c.1500. The body of the church was restored in 1880 and the chancel in 1883. New windows were inserted in the aisles and clearstorey and the E. wall of the chancel rebuilt 4 ft to the E.

Although there was a priest in Dallington in 1086 there is no other evidence of a church there at this esarly date. Throughout most of the medieval period Dalington Church was in the patronage of Flamstead Priory (Herts) founded c. 1150 and the medieval dedication of the church to St Giles perhaps reflects this. It has been customary to date the ecquistion of Dallington by Flamstead to some time betwwen 1150 and the 1220's but four confirmatory charters in the Farmstead cartulary clearly indicate the existence of a church at Dallington by the end of the reign of Henry II. [Detailed description and outline plan].

{9} The earliest surviving elements in the fabric date from the early C13th. The body of the church was restored in 1880 and the chancel in 1883.
Survey file includes description, development, documentary research, ground plan and photographs.

{13} C12 doorway. C13 west tower, north aisle. North chapel 1679, south aisle 1877, chapel 1883. C15 font. Fine monuments: Raynsford 1664 and 1678, Jekyll 1752 and 1766. Stained glass east window by Kempe 1892. Pulpit first half of C17. The Church of St Mary, Wheatsheaf Inn and Primrose Cottage form a group.

{15} The capitals of the S doorway point to a date of c.1200, but the overall design must have seemed very heavy and old-fashioned at that time;

{26} Undated photo, probably 1990s;

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<23> Undated, Externally held archive reference, Franklin M 1982 Ministers and Parishes Northamptonshire Studies (118) Camb University PhD thesis (Archive). SNN113573.

<24> Undated, Externally held archive reference, Hertford County Record Office, Flamstead cartulary no. 17465 f. 13v-14r (Archive). SNN113573.

<25> Historic England, St Mary's Church, Dallington, Northampton, BF107291 (Archive). SNN114673.

<26> Photographs of buildings in Northampton (Photographs). SNN114989.

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