Church Organ - St Mary - Wigston Parva, Leicestershire
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N 52° 30.239 W 001° 18.883
30U E 614388 N 5818430
Antique organ in St Mary's church, Wigston Parva.
Waymark Code: WMVCXM
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/02/2017
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Antique, possibly Victorian, organ by Ball, Beavon & Co. London, in St Mary's church, Wigston Parva.
"The small chapel at Wigston Parva is one of the smallest in the county of Leicestershire. St Mary’s dates to 1160 or even earlier. The church consists of one room with small bellcote. The entrance on the north side has a Norman doorway, there are windows on the south side, a simple lancet design. The east window was installed in 1969 in memory of a Mr A. L. Kibble. The altar was presented to the church in 1909 by the parishioners and rector from Thurlaston. The font came from Hemingford Church in Huntingdon originally age unknown."
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