Date not known - St. Luke's Church, Spratton
The church in Spratton has not always been known as St. Andrew's Church, but also as St. Luke's Church and plain Spratton Church. It may originally have been dedicated to St. Andrew since three villagers in their wills dated 1510, 1521 and 1528 refer to it as such. However, we know that there were altars in the church to St. Barnabas, St. Nicholas and St. Andrew because in mediaeval times a number of villagers left money to keep candles burning at these altars. Most wills of the time, however, refer to "the church of Sprotton". Then in the 18th and early 19th centuries, in a series of books about Northamptonshire, "St. Luke's Church at Spratton" is mentioned with the additional comment that "there is a vacant place in the south aisle of the church where the statue of St. Luke formerly stood". When and why this change of dedication took place is not known. The Parish Registers in the 20th century refer to St. Luke's Church until 1949 when Rev D. Pettit changed the dedication to St. Andrew, on the basis of the three mediaeval wills and the fact that the authoritative Victoria County History gave St. Andrew as the dedication. The official change was made between 8th October 1949 and 27th December 1949, possibly on St. Andrew's day on 30th November
Acknowledged to Northamptonshire Record Office
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