Charnwood Road Baptist Church - Shepshed, UK
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N 52° 46.275 W 001° 17.436
30U E 615319 N 5848194
Charnwood Road Baptist Church is situated almost at the bottom of Charnwood Road, very near to the Bull Ring in the middle of Shepshed, which is about 1¼ miles from Junction 23 on the M1.
Waymark Code: WMH8X6
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/08/2013
Views: 5
The current chapel was opened in this situation in 1834. Most of the inhabitants of Shepshed live within a radius of 1½ to 2 miles from the church.
Charnwood Road is thought to be one of the oldest roads in Shepshed. Charnwood Road began life as Charley Way and was nothing more than a track leading to the forest. The forest, in the very early days, came down as far as the Ring Fence. In the late seventeen hundreds when the Navigation canal was built, it crossed over Charley Way near to where the Anson Road junction is today and the original tow path is now a footpath leading to Leicester road. There would have been a bridge made on Charley Way over the canal and so the road became Navigation Road before finally becoming Charnwood Road.
The former graveyard is now the bus stop in the Bullring.
Date Built: 09/30/1833
Age of Church building determined by?: Church website
Website: [Web Link]
Church Address:
10 Charnwood Road
Shepshed, Leics United Kingdom
LE12 9QF
Service Times: Not listed
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