St. John the Baptist Churchyard in Abthorpe, Northamptonshire

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Abthorpe, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire NN12 8QU England

Coordinates: 52.11313, -1.05294
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The current church in Abthorpe dates from 1870 and replaced an older building with parts dating from the 14th Century. The church was originally a Chapel-of-Ease attached to Towcester and the building was for many years very basic and in poor repair. The vicars from Towcester did not support the village or the church very well and in 1737 following pressure from the parishioners, Abthorpe was made a separate parish. Financial provisions for the future support of the incumbent were provided by the Leeson Trustees, a village charity established in the mid 17th century, together with other significant bequests. The original church was almost completely demolished in the victorian times and rebuilt and there are very few parts of the original church remaining today.