Swepstone Church St Peter’s
Some 4 miles south-west of Coalville and nearly 15 miles north-west of Leicester is the small parish of Swepstone that also includes Newton Burgoland, the population for the parish was 575 in 2001. The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as Scropestone and after the Norman Conquest the manor past to Henry de Ferrers, who was given 210 manors throughout Derbyshire & Leicestershire for his support during and after the battle,...
Willoughby Waterleys St Mary
The village of Willoughby Waterleys is approx 8 miles south of Leicester near to the villages of Peatling Magna and Ashby Magna. It lies in the district of Harborough and was originally known as Willoughby Waterless. The village consists of one street running north to south with several farms and some new housing developments mostly consisting of bungalows and large detached housing in a couple of cul-de-sacs. There is one pub the...
Bitteswell Church St Mary
Bitteswell is a small village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire and is situated just to the north of Lutterworth, and in the 2001 census had a population of 454. It was also the site of RAF Bitteswell, an airfield used in the Second World War. Hawker Siddeley Aviation had a factory close by, where Vulcan bombers were built and maintained. It was recorded in the Domesday Book as Betmeswelle and there was a...
Wardley Church St Botolph
This is s real gem of a church in my humble opinion, it does not have any grand monuments or significant features of architectural interest – but what it does have is plenty of character. If you are a ‘church-crawler’ you will know what I mean. All churches are special places, but some have that ‘something’ extra that you realize quite soon into your visit or when you think back to the church in question...
Slawston Church All Saints
Slawston lies eighteen miles south-east of Leicester, on the southern edge of the hills overlooking the valley of the Welland and adjoining the county boundary with Northamptonshire. The parish includes the deserted hamlet of Othorpe, formerly a chapelry of Slawston and has a total area of 1,501 acres. The parish occupies a promontory of higher ground jutting south-eastwards towards the Welland and bounded on the north-east and...
Egleton Church St Edmund
Just over a mile south-east from Oakham is the pretty little village of Egleton which had a population of only 79 in the 2001 census. The village is very near to Rutland Water and the Anglian Water Bird Watching Centre is accessed via the village. During the Domesday Survey the village is not mentioned but was one of the five ‘berewicks’ of the King’s manor of Oakham. These were outlying settlements attached to...
Unknown Church – Now Known!
We have had a request for help for a ‘unknown’ church which may fall in Leicestershire and Rutland, can any help with its name and location? Hope you don’t mind me contacting you. Amongst some old photographs I have the attached image which is unidentified. To me it has all the hallmarks of an east Leicestershire/Rutland church. However I have not been able to spot it on your site. So maybe it is over the border in...
Garthorpe Church St Mary’s
You can see the tower of St Mary’s from the B676 road travelling from Melton as you approach the small hamlet of Garthorpe. It is a few miles to the east of Melton Mowbray and sits on rising ground overlooking a shallow valley in a rural landscape. The churchyard is edged by trees and the former rectory sits to the side. The grey limestone tower was added after the nave and chancel The plan is a west tower, nave, chancel and two...
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