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...
Sharnford Church St Helen
The village of Sharnford is on the B4114 four miles east of Hinckley and approx 11 miles south-east of Leicester not far from the county border with Warwickshire. The population is around 1,000 people today. Before the Normans the hamlet of ‘Scerneford’ belonged to a Wulfric Spot, Earl of Mercia during the Danelaw in the 10th century. The village was probably occupied by the Danish from the 9th century. The River Soar was...
Huncote Church St James
Huncote lies 7 miles south west of Leicester, north of the village of Croft of which Croft Hill lies in between. It used to be in the same Parish as its bigger neighbour Narborough, and for many years it had no church of it’s own but relied on Narborough as it’s parish centre. There is evidence of a Chapel dedicated to St James that used to serve the populace until it fell into disuse by 1622 when it was reported to be in...
Morcott Church St Mary the Virgin
Just off the busy A47 main road to Peterborough is the village of Morcott which is seven miles south-east of Oakham. Most of you will probably have noticed the fine windmill to the east of the village which I have passed on so many journeys travelling along the A47. With a recorded population of 329 in the 2001 census it is not a large village by any means but it is attractive and the church is especially fine, but more on that later....
Bisbrooke Church St John the Baptist
Bisbrooke is a pretty little village that is just a couple of miles east of Uppingham close to the A47. In the 2001 census it had a small population of 219. Most of the writeup for this text is taken from the excellent Bisbrooke History at the Rutnet site. The church was totally rebuilt in 1871 in the style of a 13th century by a Mr Langley an Uppingham architect. The church of St John the Baptist was built for £1200. The previous...
Loddington Church St Michael & All Saints
Some 14 miles east of Leicester near to Launde Abbey and the county border with Rutland lies the quiet village of Loddington. There are a few houses, a late 17th century Hall (private) and the church of St Michael which sits some way from the village. I expect there were dwellings originally around the church but the village migrated north east. This is not uncommon and has happened at other churches such as Bruntingthorpe or Kilby,...
Billesdon Church St John the Baptist
Just situated off the A47 Billesdon has a population of around 800 people and is nine miles east of Leicester. Originally the main road from Leicester to Peterborough ran through the village but thankfully this was bypassed to the north by the busy new road. It is an attractive village set in pretty countryside with the ground rising to 700ft to the north of the village and Billesdon Coplow which has a large country house sited near...
Horninghold Church St Peter
This village is 15 miles south-east of Leicester and some five miles north of Market Harborough. It was mentioned in the Domesday book and a link to the British History site is below where you can read more on the early years of this community. The village today is very pretty, in fact it is too pretty and looks ‘false’ in an odd type of way. This is probably because in the early part of the 20th century almost all the...
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