About St John the Baptist's Church, Barnack
Religion, Churches, Interesting Places, Other Churches
The Church of St John the Baptist, Barnack is a Church of England parish church in the village of Barnack, now in the Peterborough unitary authority of the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. Barnack was part of the Soke of Peterborough, an historic area that was traditionally associated with Northamptonshire. Barnack is 3.5 miles (6 km) south-east of Stamford in Lincolnshire. The church is a Grade I listed building.
The church, dedicated to John the Baptist, is noted in particular for its Anglo-Saxon tower to which was added a spire of circa 1200, possibly one of the earliest spires in England.