Leire / Legre

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view of church exterior - south view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/leire-church-st-peter/] [accessed 18 August 2015]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the modern font is visible at the far end

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Image Source: digital photograph taken by Christopher Jones [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/leire-church-st-peter/] [accessed 18 August 2015]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font of 1851

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20001LEI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Peter
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Main Street, Leire, Leicestershire LE17 5ES
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located between Frolesworth (W) and Dunton Basssett (E)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chester
Historical Region: Hundred of Guthlaxton
Century and Period: 11th century, Pre-Conquest? / Norman
There are three entries for Leire [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SP5290/leire/] [accessed 18 August 2015], one of which mentions a priest, but not a church in it, though there probably was one here. Noted in Pevsner (1984): "font of 1851". [NB: though the fabric of the church goes back to ca. 1300, we have no information on the earlier font of this church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 52.505377, -1.227963
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 52° 30′ 19.36″ N, 1° 13′ 40.67″ W
UTM: 30U 620272 5818726

REFERENCES

Pevsner, Nikolaus, Leicestershire and Rutland, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1984