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St Peter's Lowick

St Peter’s Aldwinkle is a C13 church with some C12 elements.

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Exterior with Norman Saddleback roof

This C13 church dedicated to saints Peter and Paul retains the Norman saddleback roof on the west tower with Y tracery in the tower openings.

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South exterior view of SS Peter and Paul Maidford North exterior view of SS Peter and Paul Maidford

The church of SS Peter and Paul at Maidford is a C13 building with a saddleback roof tower, similar to the church at Cold Higham a short distance away.

Interior view Font

The interior is three bayed with double chamfered columns, the perpendicular style stalls originate from Eydon church. The font is victorian.

Christ Pantocrator Christ calming the storm

The stained glass in the east window is a Christ Pantocrator (1879) by Ward and Hughes and that in the east south aisle depicting Christ calming the storm (1880) is by Hardman and co.

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Sep

Aston Flamville – St. Peter

   Posted by: churches    in Blaby District, Leicestershire

Exterior view of churchNorman window

The church of St. Peter at Aston Flamville retains in C13 chancel and a Norman window in the nowth wall. The rest of the church was rebuilt in the 1873/4.

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exterior view of church Curvilinear Window Tracery

The church of St Peter at Market Bosworth was built from the early to mid C14.

Chancel from naveNave from chancel

View of chancel from nave and of the nave from the chancel.

C14 FontDetail of font

The hexagonal font is C14 and consists of sculpted shields beneath ogee arches.

Stained glass east window by Kempe

The five light east window is by Kempe (1900) and shows the Annunciation, Madonna and child, and Epiphany. Another three light window in the south aisle is by Kempe and consists of St George, St Peter, and the Virgin Mary.

Stained glassGood SamaritanMadonna and child

Other stained glass in the church are Chist surrounded by the four evangelists, the good Samaritan, and a mid C20 Madonna and Child.

Supper at Emmanus

The stained glass window depicting the Supper at Emmaus is dated 1925 and dedicated to the rector Percy Harris Bowers.

Wolston Dixie monumentReverend John Dixie MonumentDetail John Dixie Monument

There are two monuments of note an early C19 casket dedicated to Wolston Dixie, his wife and nine children. The old monument is of the Reverend John Dixie (d1719) which is a reclining woman and roccoco cartouche.

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