Church Stowe

This article is about the village in Northamptonshire. For the village in Devon, see Churchstow.

Church Stowe
Church of St Michael
Church Stowe Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid reference	SP6357
Unitary authority	West Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Northampton
Postcode district	NN7
Dialling code	01327
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
UK Parliament	Daventry

Church Stowe is a village in West Northamptonshire in England. It is the largest settlement in the civil parish of Stowe Nine Churches (Where the population is included).

St Michael's church is notable for the tomb of Elizabeth Danvers and the tower built in Anglo Saxon times.^[1] The rest of the church was built in 1639 but includes remains of the medieval church. The east end was rebuilt in 1860^[2]

According to legend, the site of the church was chosen by a supernatural spirit. It is said that the church's builders found their materials moved to a different location overnight for nine consecutive nights, so they eventually built the church in that location. This is supposedly where the name Stowe Nine Churches derives from.^[3]

References

1. St Michael, Stowe Nine Churches (Church Stowe) Archived 30 July 2012 at archive.today
2. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1973). Cherry, Bridget (ed.). Northamptonshire. Buildings of England (Second ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 418–9. ISBN 0-14-0710-22-1.
3. Ash, Russell (1973). Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain. Reader's Digest Association Limited. p. 260. ISBN 9780340165973.

External links

• Map sources for Church Stowe