Discover Leicester’s City Churches
It seems many months ago that we were asked to help in supplying photography for an initiative in Leicester to promote our historical churches. Various groups and churches have produced a booklet and we supplied the photography for each of the chosen churches. You can download the PDF by clicking the image below and find out more on Go Leicestershire’s website. Go Leicestershire Site
Another Unknown Church
Nick has sent me another image of a church which he cannot locate. Now this one may not be in Leicestershire or Rutland but any help in identifying the church would be appreciated, the ‘doom’ image on the chancel arch should help. If you click on the image you should see a larger version.
Old Church Images
I have been in contact with Nick Miller from Newcastle who has a collection of old images from postcards and photographs of churches in Leicestershire and Rutland. He has kindly given permission for these to be added to the site and I attach a selection below of this excellent resource. Nick says he picks up the images at postcard or ephemera fairs when he has the chance to go, occasionally in second hand book shops or similar....
Edmonthorpe Church St Michael
This small village of around 80 residents is 17 miles from Leicester and 8 miles from Melton very close to the county border with Rutland. The name may refer to a Saxon monk called Eadmer or mean ‘east mound’ or ‘barrier’. Thorpe is a Norse name meaning ‘street, village or daughter settlement’ which is common throughout the Danelaw area. In the Domesday Book it is recorded as Edmerestorp and was...
Ellistown Church St Christopher
Designed by Goddard, Paget and Goddard this church built in 1895-96 of local brick is nearly as old as the village itself. Ellistown is 11 miles north-west from Leicester and 2 miles south from Coalville. The village is situated in the mining area of north-west Leicestershire and coal has been mined in the area for centuries. There was a Swinfen Grange which was part of the estate of Garendon Abbey near Loughborough that used to be in...
Hungarton Church St John the Baptist
This small village is approximately ten miles north-east of Leicester near to Beeby and Keyham and has a population of a few hundred. I visited the church during the annual Ride & Stride event in 2010. The history of the village is tied in with nearby Quenby Hall. Between 1764 and 1776 Shuckbrugh Ashby of the hall built a model village in Hungarton with many brick built dwellings, they all have a yellow and red brick pattern and...
Goadby Church St John the Baptist
Goadby is a village and parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire. It is approximately 11 miles south-east of Leicester and 8 miles north of Market Harborough. It lies in some very pretty rural countryside typical of this part of Leicestershire. The 2001 population was recorded as 43 in 2001 so more a hamlet than a village. The Danes were here (like in so many villages in Leicestershire & Rutland) as Goadby as the suffix...
Gilmorton Church All Saints
Some 10 miles south of Leicester is the village of Gilmorton. It is recorded in the Domesday Book and has a population of around 900 people. There has been some modern development to the east of the village but the village still retains a rural charm. The name may derive from the Anglo-Saxon ‘gilden’ (or glyden) meaning golden, and ‘morton’, a town on the moor. There are some earthworks (raised mound and...
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