St John the Baptist - Belton, Leicestershire
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N 52° 46.979 W 001° 20.264
30U E 612109 N 5849424
St John the Baptist church, mostly 14th century, Belton, Leicestershire.
Waymark Code: WMQMWY
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/05/2016
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"The church of St. John the Baptist is an ancient building of stone in the later period of the Early English style (late 13th century), consisting of chancel, nave of four bays with clerestory, aisles, south porch and a western tower with lofty spire, containing a clock and 3 bells, the former having been renewed as a memorial to parishioners who fell in the Great War; the bells have been rehung: the nave arcades have each four arches supported on octagonal piers with moulded capitals, and the oak roof is carried on angel corbels of stone, handsomely carved: the carved oak chancel screen, a work of the Perpendicular period, was thoroughly restored in 1894 as a memorial to Miss Louisa Blakeney: there are three piscinae, one in the chancel and the others at the east end of the aisles: on the north side of the chancel is a niche, probably used as a credence: in the two windows of the north aisle are remains of ancient painted glass, representing Edward III. and his queen, and the interior retains also a few ancient monumental tablets and tombstones with inscriptions, principally to the Toone family: in the north aisle is the restored upper slab of an altar tomb found in the chancel during the restoration, part of the tomb of Roesia de Verdun, foundress of Grace Dieu Priory, in this parish: at the east end of the south aisle is a memorial window to the late Charles Thompson M.D. erected by his widow, the lady of the manor: in the church was buried Francis Beaumont, justice of the Common Pleas, ob. 22 April, 1593; the church was restored about 1850 and in 1877: the old brick porch has since been replaced by one of stone, and the old pulpit by one of Caen stone with Purbeck marble pillars: there are 350 sittings."
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