Rotherby / Redebi

Image copyright © Christopher Jones, 2015
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Results: 3 records
view of church exterior - south view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of font and cover in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 20011ROT
Church/Chapel: Parish Church of All Saints
Church Patron Saints: All Saints
Church Location: Main Street, Rotherby, Leicestershire, LE14 2LP
Country Name: England
Location: Leicestershire, East Midlands
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the A607, 9 km WSW of Melton Mowbray, 16 km NW of Leicester
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Leicester [formerly oin the Diocese of Lincoln]
Historical Region: Hundred of Goscote
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Norman
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Christopher Jones, of Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk], for his photographs of this church and modern font
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
There is an entry for Rotherby [variant spelling] in the Domesday survey [http://opendomesday.org/place/SK6716/rotherby/] [accessed 24 August 2014], but it mentions neither cleric nor church in it. Leicestershire Churches [www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk/rotherby-church-all-saints-2/] [accessed 24 August 2015] notes: "Nichol’s survey of the County carried out around the 1790’s mentions an ancient font [...] In John Thorsby’s book ‘Leicestershire View’ he states ‘The church has a very capacious old font almoft in the form of a tub’ [...] In 1882 the ancient font was replaced with one which had four supporting columns of Purbeck stone. The font bears the inscription, “Suffer little children to come unto me”. " The entry for this church in English Heritage [Listing NGR: SK6751916536] (1968) notes: "Church. C14 and C15 with Norman or possibly Saxon origins. Restored by W Millican of Leicester, 1882", but mentions no font in it.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
52.742641,
-1.001584
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
52° 44′ 33.51″ N,
1° 0′ 5.7″ W
UTM: 30U 634903 5845515