Hallaton Church St Michael & All Angels
Hallaton a village nearly 16 miles south-east of Leicester has a population of around 550. It has a famous annual bottle kicking event that may be of pagan origin and more can be read at the link on Wikipedia. There have been Roman remains found around the village and there may have been a motte and bailey castle at the village on nearby Castle Hill. In 2000 a hoard of more than 5000 silver and gold coins were found which dated to the...
Bruntingthorpe Church St Mary’s
Some 9 miles south of Leicester and a few miles northeast of Lutterworth lies the small village of Bruntingthorpe. The church of St Mary’s once surrounded by the village now is surrounded by fields, in the late medieval period the villagers started to build their houses to the north east. There was probably an early Anglo Saxon settlement here before the Danes arrived in the ninth century. After the Norman Conquest as was often...
Great Easton Church St Andrew
At the south eastern tip of Leicestershire is the village of Great Easton set in the Welland valley. It is located in the extreme south-east of the county and is very close to the borders with Northamptonshire and Rutland. It is just south of the Eyebrook Reservoir. This village had a recorded population of 558 in the census of 2001. The church of St Andrew sits on the high ground on the edge of the village and from the south...
Gumley Church St Helen’s
Gumley is eleven miles south-east of Leicester and is sited on the ridge of high ground with its near neighbours Mowsley and Laughton. Foxton village and the locks are also nearby. In 1086 the recorded population was 20, by 1821 this had risen to 289 before a gradual fall to just over a 100 today. The village is mentioned even earlier in 749 when King Aethelbald of Mercia held a synod at Gumley under the instigation of Pope Boniface....
Hoby Church All Saints
The church is situated on a slight hill overlooking the Wreake Valley ten miles north-east of Leicester. The church consists of a west tower with recessed spire, north & south aisles, nave and chancel. The tower has a 13th century base with the spire added later, probably in the 14th century at the same time as the clerestory. The rest of the church dates to the 13th century with some Victorian restoration work in the chancel. The...
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...
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