About Us

We are part of a joint benefice with our sister church All Saints.

Of the two churches All Hallows is the oldest, in Market Square. The building dates from the late 12th century, although the south entrance is all that remains from that time. The church was developed over time, and the building we see today was largely finished in the 16th century. A concise description of the church is given in the Victoria County History for Northants, Volume 4 (available on www.british-history.ac.uk)

All Hallows is an old dedication, which means the same as All Saints. Sometime in the 19th century the church became widely known as St Luke’s, although there seems to be no evidence that the dedication was ever to St Luke. The name continued in use and many of the men who enlisted in the Army in WWI gave their parish of birth as ‘St Lukes’, Wellingborough. Some old picture postcards also refer to St Luke’s and it is perhaps no coincidence that one of three annual fairs in the 17th century was held on the feast of St Luke (Bridges vol 2, p149).