Apethorpe (pronounced App-thorp)[1][2] is a village, civil parish,[3] former manor and ecclesiastical parish in Northamptonshire, England (in the North Northamptonshire district), situated 11 miles west of the City of Peterborough.

St Leonard's Church, Apethorpe is mostly Perpendicular but has a chapel of 1621[7] and tower partly 1633.

Mildmay was the eldest son of Sir Walter Mildmay, an English statesman who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer of England under Queen Elizabeth I and also founded Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Sir Anthony inherited the family estate and was knighted in 1596 when he was appointed ambassador to Henry IV of France.

The Willow Brook bounds the eastern edge of the village, which contains the Grade I listed historical monument of Apethorpe Palace, former seat of the Earl of Westmorland.

[10] In 1904 Leonard Brassey made many alterations to the village, a number of cottages were built and the old Westmorland Arms was replaced by a new public house, The King's Head.

Pevsner also mentioned Blue Field Farm 0.5 miles (1 km) northeast as having an interesting barn with a cross-cartway through it.