Church Stowe

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West Northamptonshire

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East Midlands

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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

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