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Good TV at Last!

I do not watch much TV if the truth be known, firstly I do not have much time for it these days and there...

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Lutterworth Church St Mar...

Lutterworth Church St Marys

Fifteen miles south of Leicester is the market town of Lutterworth of nearly 8,500 people. The name of...

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Leicestershire Magazine M...

Leicestershire Magazine March 2011

This article published in the Leicestershire Magazine March 2011 We probably pass one every day without a...

Lyddington Church St Andrew

This pretty village of around 400 people is at the southern point of Rutland some 2 miles south of Uppingham and 19...

Lyddington Church St Andrew
posted on: Apr 29, 2012 | author: Pewfinder

Rolleston Church – St John the ...

The small hamlet of Rolleston is around 7 miles east of Leicester near to Billesdon. You may wonder whether you are...

Rolleston Church – St John the Baptist
posted on: Apr 29, 2012 | author: Pewfinder

Exton Church – St Peter and St ...

This fine church with its amazing array of monuments is another of the counties best. But first a potted history on...

Exton Church – St Peter and St Paul
posted on: Apr 22, 2012 | author: Pewfinder

Preston Church – St Peter &...

This church is a delight. Usually I wait until the end to give my overall impression of a church, however in this case...

Preston Church – St Peter & St Paul
posted on: Apr 19, 2012 | author: Pewfinder
North Luffenham – St John the Baptist

North Luffenham – St John the Baptist

posted on: Apr 19, 2012 | author: Pewfinder

South of Rutland water and 5 miles east of Uppingham is the village of North Luffenham which had a recorded population of over 700 for the 2001...

Fancy Photographing Gargoyles?

Fancy Photographing Gargoyles?

posted on: Apr 18, 2012 | author: Pewfinder

This may be of interest to some of you its the Gargoyle Project and they are looking for volunteers to visit churches and take images of the pesky...

Rotherby Church – All Saints

Rotherby Church – All Saints

posted on: Apr 17, 2012 | author: Pewfinder

Some ten miles north-west of Leicester is the small village of Rotherby sited in the Wreake Valley. Having a ‘by’ in the village name like so...

Dunton Bassett Church – All Saints

Dunton Bassett Church – All Saints

posted on: Apr 8, 2012 | author: Pewfinder

An interesting entry in ‘Nichols‘ tells us that in 1745 the Duke of Cumberland marched through the village of Dunton Bassett at the head...

Bagworth Church – Holy Rood

Bagworth Church – Holy Rood

posted on: Apr 8, 2012 | author: Pewfinder

Bagworth is approximately six miles to the west of Leicester and forms a parish with Thornton its neighbour, there is however at present a church in...

Allexton Church – St Peter

Allexton Church – St Peter

posted on: Apr 4, 2012 | author: Pewfinder

Only just in Leicestershire, this small pretty village of approx 60 people lies off the busy A47 which separates it from its near neighbour...

New Website Launched

New Website Launched

posted on: Mar 29, 2012 | author: Pewfinder

Today we have launched our new site and although it looks rather empty, have no fear it will soon be filled with our old data and new churches. The...

Belgrave Church – St Peter’s

Belgrave Church – St Peter’s

posted on: Nov 13, 2011 | author: Pewfinder

  Although today Belgrave is a suburb of the sprawling city of Leicester it once was a pleasant wealthy village situated to the north of...

Loughborough Church – All Saints & Holy Trinity

Loughborough Church – All Saints &...

posted on: Nov 6, 2011 | author: Pewfinder

Loughborough is our largest town in the north of the county and it expanded a great deal during the Industrial Revolution, from 1801 to 1831 the...

Sutton Cheney Church – St James

Sutton Cheney Church – St James

posted on: Oct 19, 2011 | author: Pewfinder

This pretty village has a population of around 550 and is 14 miles west of Leicester and very near to the Battle of Bosworth which occurred in 1485....

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