St Michael's Church is a

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church in Aynho, Northamptonshire.

History

The church has a late medieval tower. The rest of the church was rebuilt after the original

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and

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were demolished in 1723. Edward Wing carried out the rebuilding. The church interior is Georgian but with Victorian elements in the

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patterned windows and many of the other furnishings. The church is home to three other windows.

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designed the eastern window which depicts three medallion scenes. C.E. Kempe designed the windows on the southern side which feature

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and the

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and

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. The church has a couple of 18th-century tablets on the sanctuary walls.

References

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