In 1844, fifteen years after the passing of the Catholic Emancipation Act, Augustus Pugin (architect of the Palace of Westminster) designed a collegiate chapel for the growing Northampton congregation.

But, with the restoration of the Northampton diocese in 1850, the chapel too was outgrown by the numbers wishing to worship, and Pugin's son Edward extended the building to become a cathedral.

Northampton Cathedral, which opened in 1864, is a splendid example of the gothic revival; it is dedicated to Our Lady Immaculate and St Thomas of Canterbury.

The Diocese of Northampton covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and that part of Berkshire (formerly in Buckinghamshire) lying north of the River Thames.

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