Arriving at the church from the East the first item of note is the HaHa or sunken wall put in to keep animals from wandering into the churchyard whilst maintaining the view from the churchyard.  HaHa’s became popular in the mid 1700’s and are believed to be a French idea usually found in country houses and stately homes.  The only other HaHas known of locally are at the Fitzwilliam’s family church at St. Mary’s, Marholm and a fine one all round the churchyard at the church of  St. Mary’s, Titchmarsh, near Thrapston.

Let us inspect the outside of the Church.  The large East window is in decorated style with elongated reticulated tracery, with its clear glass it provides fine light to the chancel inside. On the south wall of the chancel there are two unusual niches in the wall, no doubt prior to the reformation statues were on display here.  Close to these niches please note the priest’s door into the chancel, the hinges are very ancient, dating from 1320 and believed to be made by one Thomas de Leighton.

The view of the porch is a little disappointing as it looks small compared to the rest of the church, it is dated 1675.  It has been suggested that this porch was brought here from a redundant church at Botolphs Bridge, just down the Oundle Road towards Peterborough.  That church was in ruins in 1721 and the livings of the two parishes were united in that year.

The West tower is a modest affair of about 1300, tall and lean with few note worthy features.

Within the tower there are two bells, one with the stamp of John Walgrave, which dates it between 1420 and 1440. As we come round to the North side of the church we see the North Aisle in front of us, this is the oldest part of the existing church built in about 1280, but altered substantially later.