St John the Baptist Church

Hidden away on the outskirts of the current village of Boughton, is one of the most allegedly supernatural places you will come across in Northamptonshire.

For many, many years it has always been considered very dangerous to go near or even pass the now derelict churchyard of the St John the Baptist church, particularly late at night...

An attractive young redhead is said to haunt the churchyard after she committed suicide in the 18th century after her husband died a mysterious death shortly after their wedding at the church.

It has long been said that the redhead and her husband haunt the surrounding area and should anyone approach the churchyard late at night (particularly at midnight on Christmas Eve), would become victims of their charms and die of causes unknown within one calendar month...

The ruins of the St John the Baptist church is the only remaining structural evidence of the original village.

If you respectfully wander around the churchyard you will find the very reason a church was built on this spot in the first place, namely the St John the Baptist spring.

The last wedding ceremony to take place at the church was in 1708 and by 1719 the church was described as being roofless and falling in to a state of ruin.  In 1780 the tower and the steeple fell down and most of the stonework was taken away and used to help build the existing church that is still in use today.