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ST ANDREWS

Main Street

Burton Overy

Leicestershire

LE8 9EW

 

Large gargoyle between the two East Windows

 

Great selection of slate grave stones including rare double sided illustrated stone

 

Unusual piscina with mythical figurehead beneath

Usually Open During Daylight Hours

 

Parking on the roadside next to the church

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St Peters

Church Lane

Church Langton

Leicestershire

LE16 7FZ

 

Norman carving of a male figure

Marble reredos with the last supper as a theme

 

Wall hanging from the 17th century

Stone font dates 1662

 

Four seat carved stone sedilia

Old wooden Aumbry with original wooden doors

 

Finely carved wooden eagle lecturn

Piscina on outer north wall of the chancel

Usually Open During Daylight Hours

If closed keyholder nearby

 

Parking on the roadside next to the church

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ST ANDREWS

Main Street

Foxton

Leicestershire

LE16 7RD

 

Square norman font carved from stone

 

Carved wooden bosses in the roof featuring various creatures

 

Interesting stained glass windows including a new Millenium window featuring local scenes

Usually Open During Daylight Hours

 

Parking on the roadside next to the church

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ST HELENS

Main Street

Gumley

Leicestershire

LE16 7RU

 

Kempe window on the north wall of the nave

 

Mosaic wall monument featuring George & the Dragon

 

Circular brass chandeliers with candle bulbs

 

Royal Arms

Usually Open at Weekends during the summer months

 

Parking on the roadside next to the church

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ST WILFRIDS

Church Road

Kibworth Beauchamp

Leicestershire

LE8 0NB

 

Saint niche above south entrance containing St Wilfrid

 

Both North and South porches to serve both halves of the village

 

Memorial to Lewis Powel Williams (Surgeon), first to introduce inoculation

 

 

Usually Open During Daylight Hours

 

Car park opposite the church

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ST LUKES

Main Street

Laughton

Leicestershire

LE17 6QE

 

Single stained glass window featuring St Luke at the west end

 

Memorial made from slate and brass commemorating William Cole who died 27th March 1698

 

Thatched / mud boundary wall to the west and south of the church

 

Usually Open During Daylight Hours

 

Roadside parking adjacent to the church

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CHRIST CHURCH

Main Street

Smeeton Westerby

Leicestershire

LE8 0RT

 

Kempe stained glass window at the East end of the South Aisle

 

Large wooden font lid topped by a golden bird counterbalance

 

Dropped cill sedilia under an elaborately cusped rere arch

 

Usually Open During Daylight Hours

 

Roadside parking adjacent to the church

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ST WISTANS

Kibworth Road

Wistow

Leicestershire

LE8 0QF

 

Ornate pipe organ

 

Very decorative white wrought iron altar rail

 

North chapel with fine monuments

 

Royal Arms

 

Usually Open at weekends during the summer. Otherwise key holder details listed on the door.

 

Roadside parking adjacent to the church

 

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