Chapel of the Holy Rood, Bagworth
| Chapel of the Holy Rood, Bagworth | |
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| History | |
| Dedication | Holy Rood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Leicester |
| Archdeaconry | Loughborough |
| Parish | Bagworth, Leicestershire |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Andrew Smith[1] |
| Pastor(s) | Simon Nicholls[2] |
The Chapel of the Holy Rood was a Church of England chapel in Bagworth, Leicestershire. It closed in 2013 to worship and was demolished in 2019. Now, a war memorial garden occupies the site of the church with the graveyard and some remnants of the church still visible.[3][4] The congregation and church now meets at the nearby Bagworth Community Centre.[5]
History
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The chapel was a dependent chapelry of St Peter's Church, Thornton.[6] It was described, in 1848, as having walls dating from 1637 and having a Saxon door.[6] The entire church, except the tower, was rebuilt in 1873.[7][8] The church was demolished in 1968.
The new chapel was square and consisted of a raised altar, nave, lobby, two aisles and a separate tower, which contained two bells. Some remains of the earlier Norman church could be seen in the walls. The font survived from the earlier building.[9] The site was demolished in 2019 after being left unused since 2013.
References
[edit]- ^ "Holy Rood, Bagworth". www.achurchnearyou.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Holy Rood - Bagworth, Leics | Church of England Church near me". Churches near me.
- ^ "Bagworth Church Leicestershire Holy Rood | Leicestershire & Rutland Church Journal". www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk. 8 April 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Bagworth War Memorial, Bagworth & Thornton - 1464881 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Holy Rood Bagworth | Junction 22". live-site. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ a b Lewis 1931, pp. 128–132.
- ^ Pevsner 1960, p. 57.
- ^ "Genuki: Bagworth, Leicestershire". www.genuki.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ "Bagworth Church Leicestershire Holy Rood | Leicestershire & Rutland Church Journal". www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk. 8 April 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
Bibliography
[edit]- Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1931) [1848]. A Topographical Dictionary of England (Seventh ed.). London: Samuel Lewis. pp. 128–132.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). Leicestershire and Rutland. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 57.
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