Tiffield St. John the Baptist Church is a

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...

in the small village of

Tiffield Tiffield is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, north of Towcester between the A5 road (Great Britain), A5 road to its west and the A43 road (Great Britain), A43 road to its east. The village's name origin is dubious. It ha ...

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...

, England. The church dates from around 1200, and is by far the oldest building in the village. It is situated in High Street South, next to the ''Reading Room'', now known as the ''Church Room'', as it is no longer used for reading. The vicar of Tiffield church (who is also the vicar of

Pattishall Pattishall, also known in antiquity as Pateshull, is a village and Parish in West Northamptonshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Astcote, Dalscote and Eastcote) was 1,471 at the 2011 census. The village lies adjacent ...

, Gayton and

Cold Higham Cold Higham is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England. Cold Higham Parish, also includes Fosters Booth (West), Grimscote, and Potcote. It is adjacent to Weedon Bec, Pattishall, Eastcote and Astcote. The A5 runs along the east ...

) was Father Paul Broadbent until summer 2010. The church was restored and renewed in 1859 by

Edmund Francis Law Edmund Francis Law, usually referred to as 'E. F. Law', (26 April 1810 – 14 April 1882, in Northampton) FRIBA was an English architect during the 19th century, notable for a large number of projects, particularly restorations, in th ...

and later in 1873 by H C Vernon. The font is

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