St Mary's church - Welford, Northamptonshire, UK - Wikipedia Entries on Waymarking.com

"A handsome exterior and quite a large church, the west tower and nave and aisles of standard outline but with a slightly taller chancel and a much taller and wider south chapel. The south chapel tower and clerestory are all Perp., the aisles have Dec windows. Inside however the south arcade is EE and the north arcade Victorian like the aisle: however the tomb chest and recess are original work. Large and squat organ case nearly fills the west end of the nave, looking like it was perhaps made for somewhere else and brought here. Alternatively would it have fitted in the south chapel? Matching Jacobean screens to both side chapels, and another under the tower behind the organ. In the south chapel now used as a vestry and office, a memorial to Francis Saunders, a large marble surround with shields and allegorical figures on the broken pediment and a centrally placed brass plate incised with many kneeling family members including a baby in a crib. Two medieval bench ends are incorporated into the reader's desk in the chancel."

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"St Mary's Church is an Anglican church and the parish church of Welford. It is a Grade II* listed building and stands on the east side of the junction of Church Lane and West Street.

There was presumably a church at Welford by 1086, when the Domesday Book records the presence of a priest there, although it does not mention a church building as such.

The main structure of the present building was erected in the 13th to 15th centuries. In 1872, it was restored and the north aisle rebuilt by E F Law. The church now consists of a nave, north and south aisles, chancel and west tower. A detailed description appears on the Historic England website.

The parish registers survive from 1561, the historic registers being deposited at Northamptonshire Record Office.

The monumental inscriptions inside the church and in its old graveyard have been transcribed and published. A monument in the churchyard, approximately 10 metres south of the south aisle, is a Grade II listed building in its own right. The description on the Historic England website is “Pair of headstones. Late 17th century. Lias ashlar with moulded heads. Oval inscription panel with partially legible inscription to Elizabeth Woodford dated 1677.”

Welford is part of a united benefice along with Marston Trussell and Sibbertoft. Each parish retains its own church building."

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