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Bottesford & Lutterworth Churches Google Inside

Two more churches have had the Google Business Photo package from us and they went on-line this week. Both of...

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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...

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Leicestershire Magazine March 2011

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

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....

Billesdon Church St John the Baptist
posted on: May 3, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

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...

Horninghold Church St Peter
posted on: May 2, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

Stanton under Bardon St Mary & A...

Some 8 miles north-west of Leicester and a couple of miles north-west of Thornton lies the village of Stanton under...

Stanton under Bardon St Mary & All Saints
posted on: May 2, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

Peatling Magna All Saints

Peatling Church has real character The village of Peatling Magna lies some 8 miles south of Leicester in the...

Peatling Magna All Saints
posted on: May 2, 2013 | author: Pewfinder
Narborough Church All Saints

Narborough Church All Saints

posted on: May 2, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

Narborough and its smaller attachment Littlethorpe lie a few miles south of Leicester with the River Soar lying between them. Both villages have seen...

Wing Church St Peter & St Paul

Wing Church St Peter & St Paul

posted on: May 2, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

Some three miles north-east of Uppingham is the pretty little village of Wing with its fine stone buildings and location just south of Rutland Water....

Belton in Rutland Church St Peters

Belton in Rutland Church St Peters

posted on: May 2, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

  My first foray into Rutland and I have started off with St Peter’s in the village of Belton in Rutland. Some 15 miles east from Leicester...

Beeby Church All Saints

Beeby Church All Saints

posted on: May 2, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

Beeby lies 5 miles northeast of Leicester, it now consists of a only few houses, manor house and farms. The village was originally larger and perhaps...

Wistow Church St Wistans

Wistow Church St Wistans

posted on: May 1, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

In 849 it was reported that human hair was seen growing through the grass in Wistow Churchyard on the 1st June. This is the legend of Saint Wistan...

Ayston Church St Mary the Virgin

Ayston Church St Mary the Virgin

posted on: May 1, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

Ayston is just a mile north-west of Uppingham but some 17 miles east of Leicester just off the A47 in the county of Rutland. In the 2001 census the...

Ashwell Church St Mary

Ashwell Church St Mary

posted on: May 1, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

Situated 3 miles north of Oakham this village of approximately 300 people has a category C prison nearby which during World War II housed part of the...

Ashby Magna Church St Marys

Ashby Magna Church St Marys

posted on: May 1, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

Ashby Magna is recorded in the Domesday book as Asseby or Essebi, in medieval times this was a large village and the population has stayed static at...

Ashby de la Zouch St Helen

Ashby de la Zouch St Helen

posted on: May 1, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

With a population over 12,000 Ashby is a small market town in the northwest of the county of Leicestershire. It was once the largest town in the area...

Asfordby Church All Saints

Asfordby Church All Saints

posted on: May 1, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

Three miles to the west of Melton Mowbray is the large village of Asfordby of around 3,000 people. It is thirteen miles from Leicester and sited in...

Arnesby Church St Peter

Arnesby Church St Peter

posted on: May 1, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

Arnesby is 8 miles south-east of Leicester and 8 miles north-east of Market Harborough. The population in 2001 was recorded at 343 and its nearest...

Withcote Chapel

Withcote Chapel

posted on: Mar 4, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

Withcote lies some 13 miles east from Leicester by the crow and is 4 miles south-west of Oakham very near to the county line with Rutland. The name...

Wymondham Church St Peter

Wymondham Church St Peter

posted on: Mar 4, 2013 | author: Pewfinder

The small village of Wymondham is a few miles from Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. The village has a close association with Stilton cheese, Mrs...

Kirby Bellars St Peter

Kirby Bellars St Peter

posted on: Dec 21, 2012 | author: Pewfinder

The small village of Kirby Bellows is a couple of miles southeast of Melton Mowbray on the A607 towards Leicester near to the river Wreake. Most of...

Kings Norton St John the Baptist

Kings Norton St John the Baptist

posted on: Dec 21, 2012 | author: Pewfinder

Perhaps the most beautiful church in the midlands region and one of the finest parish churches in the whole of the England. This Gothic Revival...

Kimcote Church All Saints

Kimcote Church All Saints

posted on: Dec 21, 2012 | author: Pewfinder

Kimcote and Walcote have a combined population of around 550 according to the 2001 census. These two villages although separate have very close links...

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